{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85","publication_date":"December 08, 2019","summary":"Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on \"Sesame Street,\" died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame Workshop.","author_name":"By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/12\/0cc0a696b7cf19859f1166e2d8e0a19b-RTR3W7PE-e1575829151340-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}