Jim Henson

JJames Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets and Fraggle Rock; puppeteer and puppet character creator for Sesame Street and as the director of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

Death
THE untimely death of Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, from pneumonia this month at the age of 53 may have shocked many Americans who believed that bacterial infections no longer could kill with such swiftness.