Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dead at 93

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Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children's education TV series Sesame Street, featuring fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, has died. Morrisett's death was announced Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the non-profit he helped establish under the name the Children's Television Workshop. Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of our esteemed and beloved co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD, who died at the age of 93. pic.twitter.com/I9cSez95Px —@SesameWorkshopDiversity, inclusion a goalThe spark for Sesame Street came during a dinner party in 1966, where he met Cooney. As with Sesame Street, The Electric Company was broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in the U.S., lasting six seasons.
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