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'A Lifetime of Good Work':'Sesame Street' Co-Creator Lloyd Morrisett Dies at 93

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The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died. He was 93.

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  1. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    'Sesame Street' co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93 (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    Lloyd Morrisett co-founded the Children’s Television Workshop in 1968, and "Sesame Street" first aired the following year as a way to educate children through television.

  2. Avclub

    R.I.P. Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of Sesame Street (opens Avclub)

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    The co-founder of the Sesame Workshop, Lloyd Morrisett was 93.

  3. Omaha World-Herald

    Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch 'Sesame Street,' dies (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died. He was 93. Morrisett’s death was announced Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit he helped

  4. NBC New York

    'A Lifetime of Good Work':'Sesame Street' Co-Creator Lloyd Morrisett Dies at 93 (opens NBC New York)

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    The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died. He was 93.

  5. Tucson

    'Sesame Street' co-founder Lloyd Morrisett dies at age 93 (opens Tucson)

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    He was a pioneer of using technology to educate and reportedly the first person to consider using television to teach children basic skills.

  6. Los Angeles Times

    Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of beloved TV series 'Sesame Street,' dies (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Morrisett helped change children's educational TV with Elmo, Cookie Monster and other fuzzy 'Sesame Street' creatures.

  7. Portland Press Herald

    Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 93 (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series is remembered as a 'wise, thoughtful, and above all kind leader.'

  8. UPI

    'Sesame Street' co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dead at 93 (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    "Sesame Street" co-creator Lloyd Morrisett has died at age 93, Sesame Workshop announced Wednesday.

  9. Southern Minnesota

    Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies aged 93 (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of 'Sesame Street', has passed away at the age of 93.

  10. CBS News

    Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of "Sesame Street," dies at 93 (opens CBS News)

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    Morrisett has left "an outsized and indelible legacy among generations of children the world over," Sesame Workshop said.

  11. New York Times

    Lloyd Morrisett, a Founder of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 93 (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized children’s television.

  12. NPR

    'Sesame Street' co-creator Lloyd Morrisett has died at age 93 (opens NPR)

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    We remember Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of one of the most beloved television programs in history, Sesame Street, who died this week at the age of 93.

  13. Washington Post

    Lloyd Morrisett, ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator, dies at 93 (opens Washington Post)

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    A Yale-trained psychologist and foundation executive, he was an unseen but central force in the longest-running children’s program on U.S. television.

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