2011's Being Elmo was a lovely portrait of Kevin Clash, Elmo's puppeteer, but I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story is richer, grander and more emotionally resonant, because Spinney and Big Bird ...

Caroll Spinney with 'Big Bird' during Florida Supercon at the Broward County Convention Center on Friday, July 13, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... By CJ Casciotta.

Big Bird puppeteer tugs at heartstrings with poignant memories in Reddit AMA. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street,” did a Reddit AMA session ...

Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

Big Bird’s suit, with its 5,961 feathers, was burdensome. Mr Spinney opened and shut Big Bird’s eyelids by moving a 5lb (2.3kg) lever with his little finger.

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street over five decades, died Sunday at age 85.. The Sesame Workshop said Spinney had died at home in ...

Spinney, 81, is Big Bird and has been for 46 years. He has logged some 4,000 episodes since the start of "Sesame Street" in 1969, operating what's essentially one of the world's largest hand puppets.