"Playing Big Bird is one of the most joyous things of my life," he said. After 50 years of starring as the iconic and lovable Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is hanging up his yellow suit and retiring from ...

Big Bird star Caroll Spinney tells all! — -- After more than 46 years as Big Bird, Caroll Spinney is telling his long and illustrious story in "I Am Big Bird," a documentary hitting theaters ...

Big Bird is familiar to countless people of multiple generations all around the world who grew up watching “Sesame Street.” But who”s the man behind (or inside, actually) the 8-foot-tall, perpetually ...

There aren’t many octogenarian entertainers who have managed to stay relevant in the ever-changing cultural zeitgeist, but then there haven’t been many people who have played Big Bird. Caroll Spinney ...

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 ...

First lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy hosted a Christmas party at the White House on Dec. 21, 1978, for children of parents working at embassies in the Washington area, and "Sesame Street's" Big ...

Some bittersweet news this morning - Big Bird is retiring. More precisely, the voice behind the man inside Big Bird is hanging up his bright yellow feathers after nearly 50 years on "Sesame Street." ...

A Reddit thread hosted by the man behind “Sesame Street”’s Big Bird took a surprisingly heartbreaking turn when he revealed details of an interaction he once had with a dying boy. Early Friday, Caroll ...

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Caroll Spinney, the actor who has portrayed iconic "Sesame Street" characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969, will retire from the long-running children’s program. Spinney, 84, will retire ...