Meghalt Caroll Spinney
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 09, 2014 Caroll Spinney "Oscar and Big Bird" attends SiriusXM's Town Hall with original cast members from Sesame Street commemorating the 45th anniversary of the celebrated series debut on public television moderated by Weekend TODAY co-anchor Erica Hill in New York City. - Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who play the Sesame Street character Big Bird for almost a half-century, died on December 8, 2019, Sesame Workshop announced. He was 85. (Photo by Robin Marchant / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)