The Big Bird Twitter account also tweeted photographs showing his cousins' colors, starting with Mexico's Abelardo who appeared on "Sésamo." "This is Abelardo, he’s from Mexico.

He stopped puppeteering Big Bird in 2015 and currently only provides the voices for him and Oscar. Ex-Sesame Street Writer Says Bert and Ernie Are Gay as Show Insists They’re Just ‘Best Friends’ ...

Caroll Spinney, the actor and puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street” for decades, is seen at offices in the Tribeca Film Center in Manhattan, NY.

So once in a while, he wouldn't see Big Bird on some days, because he wasn't necessarily in every show. So he asked could I telephone him, and talk to the boy, tell him what a good boy he's been.

Caroll Spinney, the Sesame Street puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has died. Spinney started with the PBS children's TV program at its launch in 1969, retiring in 2018.