Caroll Spinney

'His enormous talent and outsized heart were perfectly suited to playing the larger-than-life yellow bird who brought joy to generations of children.'

For almost 50 years, Caroll Spinney has been the man inside the Big Bird costume (he's also played Oscar the Grouch, since he's no slouch).

Getting kind of dusty in here...

The creator of Big Bird and Snuffleupagus, Kermit Love, died at the