Caroll Spinney, the longtime "Sesame Street" puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at 85. He died at his Connecticut home "after living with dystonia for some time ...

NEW YORK - Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street! That's what he decides on the "Sesame Street" season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat ("habitat," the ...

But, of course, on Sesame Street, Big Bird is the big game, arguably the show’s most iconic character. Landing the part has made Vogel, who later married the girlfriend who showed him the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut ...

Caroll Spinney, the "Sesame Street" puppeteer behind legendary characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has died, Sesame Workshop said Sunday. He was 85. Spinney had been living with dystonia ...

"Playing Big Bird is one of the most joyous things of my life," he said. After 50 years of starring as the iconic and lovable Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is hanging up his yellow suit and retiring ...

including Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and helped pave the way for inclusion, diversity and learning onscreen. "'Sesame Street' is proof that the show with top ratings or sensation-of-the ...

After sizing up a beach and a swamp for his new habitat, Big Bird chooses a rain forest. But then he comes to his senses with a musical number. "Sesame Street is my habitat!" he sings.

Being Big Bird is sweaty, physical work. But Spinney, who has worked on “Sesame Street” for nearly four decades playing both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has no wish to be anywhere else.

COLUMBUS, OH -- Feathers were ruffled on Sesame Street on Tuesday when the Obama campaign launched a campaign ad starring Big Bird. The new spot, which airs on cable networks, mocks Mitt Romney ...

The famed puppeteer who’s been playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street” since its debut in 1969 will leave the show this week. On Thursday, Caroll Spinney, 84, will lend his ...