Archive for August 24th, 2012
24
Aug
SESAME STREET PUPPETEER HAS DIED AT 78
Jerry Nelson with puppet Count Von Count
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie
of characters including Count von Count on "Sesame Street" and Gobo Fraggle on "Fraggle Rock," has died.
Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died Thursday night in his Massachusetts
home on Cape Cod, the Sesame Workshop said Friday.
24
Aug
A LOOK AT TODAY IN HISTORY
24
Aug
HIT SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966
The single “Get Together” by The Youngbloods, which would be included on their
self-titled album released in 1967, stalled at number 62 at the time, but was re-
issued in 1969 and made the top 5 the second time around.
Jesse Colin Young (70) was the founding member of The Youngbloods
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