Kermit Love, 91; helped create memorable 'Sesame Street' characters - Los Angeles Times

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Kermit Love, 91; helped create memorable 'Sesame Street' characters - Los Angeles Times
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After years of designing costumes for ballet and theater, Kermit Love found his way to "Sesame Street." Working with Jim Henson, Love helped create Big Bird, Mr. Snuffle- upagus and Oscar the Grouch. The funny-looking creatures became a magnet for preschoolers, pulling them in to watch "Sesame Street," helping them to learn. Love, whose design work on one of the most influential television ... [link]

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Muppet Engineer Kermit Love Is Gone...
Published 6/26/2008 by Merrick at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Oscar the Grouch. His work on SESAME STREET ultimately continued into THE MUPPET SHOW, THE MUPPET MOVIE, and the SESAME STREET spin-off movie FOLLOW THAT BIRD. But love's career transcended Muppets. He brought us the La Choy Dragon... ...and Snuggle Bear. He was a costume designer for Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, and collaborated with dance gods like George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp. You can learn much more about Love's career and creations in THIS LA TIMES ARTICLE , or ...

Another muppet related death :(
Published 6/26/2008 at OH NO!!
... Source Sad. The man who inspired the character of Kermit died last week (Kermit Scott, post here).

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Obituary: Helped Jim Henson create Big Bird character -- Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other "Sesame Street" characters, died June 21 of heart failure in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 91.