Caroll Spinney

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Caroll Spinney


Born
in Waltham, Massachusetts, The United States
December 26, 1933

Died
December 08, 2019

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Caroll Spinney has performed as Big Bird and Oscar on Sesame Street since the show's inception in 1969. Prior to that, he performed as many characters on Bozo's Big Top in Boston for ten years, had a career in art and animation, and served in the Air Force. He has traveled the world as Big Bird, won Grammys and Emmys, and been named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. He lives in New England with his wife, Debra. They have three children and three grandchildren. ...more

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“Jim [Henson] had written letters to his five children to be opened only after his death. Brian read from his. Jim wrote, 'Be good to each other. Love and forgive everybody.' I remembered Jim telling me that he never wasted energy on hating anybody; he had too much thinking to do.”
Caroll Spinney, The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers

“The most important lesson I've learned is that first you have to dream, and then you have to believe in your dreams. That is the only way for them to come true.”
Caroll Spinney, The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers

“Show your true colors. Mine is yellow. — BIG BIRD”
Caroll Spinney, The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers

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