Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who climbed inside a claustrophobic feathered costume to play the beloved 'Sesame Street' character Big Bird for almost a half-century, has died. He was 85.

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer and actor behind "Sesame Street's" Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday. He was 85. He died at his home in Connecticut, according to a press release from Sesame ...

It looked a little uncertain for Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and their friends when Max announced late last year that it would no longer distribute new episodes of Sesame Street. But like every scary ...

Besides the sweet-natured giant yellow bird, he also played the misanthropic bellyacher Oscar the Grouch. By Robert D. McFadden Sometimes he stood 8 feet 2 inches tall. Sometimes he lived in a garbage ...