Caroll Spinney, the man who played “Sesame Street” icon Big Bird for 50 years, died on Sunday at his Connecticut home at the age of 85. His passing was announced by Sesame Workshop. “Caroll was an ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- The world has lost a legend whose performances have delighted and inspired people young and old for decades. Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer and artist who brought beloved Sesame Street ...

This molded plastic Big Bird finger puppet is one of a set of licensed Sesame Street toys made in the 1980s to capitalize on the popularity of the children’s television series, especially its Muppet ...

NEW YORK >> He has lent body and soul to a certain 8-foot-tall 6-year-old for nearly half a century, all the while hidden from sight. Now Caroll Spinney drops his fine-feathered obscurity (and emerges ...

Just hearing the name Big Bird sends many of us swirling down memory lane. Perhaps you remember watching the beloved bird on Sesame Street with your mom or your best ...

Caroll Spinney, who has played iconic Muppets Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the kids' show Sesame Street since it began in 1969, is retiring at the age of 84, and his last episode will tape this ...