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.

The man in the feathered suit, Caroll Spinney, tells how Big Bird saved him suicide - and more stunning stories from "Sesame Street." (Left) Everett Collection, (right) Ron Asadorian Throughout ...

A 1972 clip showing Big Bird getting the measles vaccine has also resurfaced. To help educate kids about the COVID-19 vaccine and encourage them to get it, Big Bird from "Sesame Street" announced ...

It's always a sunny day on Sesame Street, but for much of the week, things were not A-OK in the land of the Muppets. On January 24, Big Bird, the show's eight-foot-tall, anthropomorphic canary ...

Caroll Spinney is hanging up his big yellow bird suit. After playing the iconic Big Bird on "Sesame Street" for nearly 50 years, the 84-year-old puppeteer announced on Wednesday that he is ...

There is an ongoing national nightmare and not enough people are talking about it. Big Bird is now small. Tiny, even. I repeat: Big Bird is small. The horror. How did this begin? We do not fully know.

All right. As we heard, puppeteer Caroll Spinney died yesterday. He gave life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street." Through them, he taught so many kids about letters and numbers ...

Most people are better acquainted with his alter ego: an 8-foot 2-inch canary, appropriately named, Big Bird. Spinney wore a suit of yellow feathers for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street.” ...

"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 ...

“Uh oh! Does anyone know how to make me big Big Bird again?” the official Twitter/X account of Sesame Street’s Big Bird posted on January 24. Thus began Big Bird’s own ...

Once again, Big Bird is on the chopping block, threatened by the loss of federal funds that sustain public broadcasting stations. But the big yellow fella has been there before, and survived each ...

Along with Big Bird, Carroll Spinney has also voiced Oscar the Grouch since he joined the show in 1969 Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE Big Bird is hanging up his feathers. Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer ...