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Sun, 12/08/2019 - 1:45pm

'Sesame Street' icon Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, dies at 85

Caroll Spinney, the longtime "Sesame Street" puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at age 85, Sesame Workshop confirmed.