[Mod Post] Let's take a moment to remember Caroll Spinney: Puppeteer behind Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, and a wonderful person to everyone he knew.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/caroll-spinney-puppeteer-who-gave-life-to-big-bird-of-sesame-street-dies-at-85/2019/12/08/9a305ff0-402d-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html

He was a truly incredible man who brought happiness to so many of us. You can enjoy his AMA here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/356sal/hi_reddit_im_caroll_spinney_the_puppeteer_who_has/

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cahaseler1 karma

Please take a few minutes to read the AMA - I think it captures who he was as a person very well.

sailorjasm1 karma

I’m still trying to figure out how the whole puppet worked. Can someone ELi5 ?

cahaseler1 karma

He explains it some in the AMA linked above.

Sweetwill621 karma

I hope you guys make this a tradition of sharing AMA's from people who pass away. Harder to have a better tribute to someone than them sharing the best stories they have.

cahaseler1 karma

We do our best to at least share them on Twitter (@reddit_ama), but I'll keep this in mind.