Big Birdbarely made it out of the 1980s in one piece. Not only was Sesame Street's biggest star in talks to ride aboard the Challenger space shuttle, but apparently, he nearly went up in smoke while ...

Daniel “Danny” Morley Seagren — the Jim Henson–trained puppeteer who brought Spider-Man to life on The Electric Company and stepped into the Big Bird suit for early Sesame Street appearances — has ...