Spinney was honored with four Daytime Emmy Awards for his portrayals on the series and two Grammy Awards for his related recordings. Two recordings of Spinney's voice earned Gold Record status. For his body of work, Spinney received both a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994 and the Library of Congress' Living Legend award in 2000. At the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards in 2006, Spinney received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award. "I am elated and amazed to receive this honor from those who are committed to the best of what television and media have to offer, for doing what I've always wanted to do." Spinney is the subject of a full-length documentary by Copper Pot Pictures called "" that premiered at the April 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Awards and honors
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney | Awards and honors
He received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award and a full length documentary has been made on him. He received both a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994 and the Library of Congress' Living Legend award in 2000 Spinney is the subject of a full-length documentary by Copper Pot Pictures. Yes, he was honored with four Daytime Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards.
when did the first episode of sesame street air
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10 November 1969.
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is it a series?
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Yes, an educational children's television series.
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is the series still running?
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Yes, it is on its second run.
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when was the pilot episode done?
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July 1969.
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is it a puppet show?
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Yes.
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name a few characters from the series?
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Human characters included Susan and muppet characters included Elmo.
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can you name more muppet characters?
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Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
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how do the latter look like?
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He has a green body with no visible nose.
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does the muppet perform any oscar related play?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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who performed the aforementioned bird muppet?
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It was performed by Caroll Spinney till his retirement.
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who is he by profession?
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He was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker.
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did he do comics too?
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Yes, a comic strip about military life.
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what is the name of the comic?
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"Harvey".
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when did he die?
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8 December 2019.
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was he commemorated in any way?
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On December 8, 2019, Spinney died at his home in Woodstock, Connecticut, at the age of 85, a few weeks before his 86th birthday. He was survived by his wife Debra and three children.
Caroll Spinney | Death
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street" from its inception in 1969 until 2018.
Caroll Spinney | Introduction
He continued puppeteering throughout his childhood and adolescence and used his performances to raise money for college tuition. After he graduated from Acton High School (subsequently Acton-Boxborough Regional High School) in Acton, Massachusetts, Spinney served in the US Air Force.
Caroll Spinney | Early life
Spinney had three children from his first marriage to Janice Spinney, whom he married in 1960. Spinney and Janice divorced in 1971 after eleven and a half years of marriage. Spinney was married to his second wife, Debra Jean Gilroy, from 1979 until his death. In 2015, Spinney he was diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that causes muscle contractions. On November 8, 2019, Spinney and Big Bird (played by Matt Vogel) participated in a lighting ceremony, where, by mayoral proclamation, the day was named "Caroll Spinney Day" in New York City.
Caroll Spinney | Personal life
Spinney was honored with four Daytime Emmy Awards for his portrayals on the series and two Grammy Awards for his related recordings. Two recordings of Spinney's voice earned Gold Record status. For his body of work, Spinney received both a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994 and the Library of Congress' Living Legend award in 2000. At the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards in 2006, Spinney received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award. "I am elated and amazed to receive this honor from those who are committed to the best of what television and media have to offer, for doing what I've always wanted to do." Spinney is the subject of a full-length documentary by Copper Pot Pictures called "" that premiered at the April 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Caroll Spinney | Awards and honors
Hooper in November 1982. Lee felt ill that day and barely spoke to the cast. Spinney (who was wearing Big Bird's feet at the time) placed his arm around Lee's shoulder and said "I love you, Mr. Hooper." Lee replied, "And I love you, Caroll." Lee died a few days later.
Will Lee | Death of Mr. Hooper
Caroll Edwin Spinney was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1933, to Chester and Margaret Spinney. His mother, a native of Bolton, England, named him Caroll because he was born the day after Christmas. He drew and painted from childhood, and developed a love of puppeteering when he saw a performance of "Three Little Kittens" at the age of five. This motivated him to purchase a monkey puppet from a rummage sale three years later and put on a puppet show utilizing the monkey and a plush snake. The following Christmas, his mother gave him a Punch and Judy puppet theater.
Caroll Spinney | Early life
He retired to San Diego, California. He died there on March 15, 1924.
DeRosey Caroll Cabell | Death and legacy
Many years later, Spinney's Picklepuss and Pop puppets were characters in "Wow, You're a Cartoonist!"
Caroll Spinney | Early puppeteering
While in the Air Force, Spinney wrote and illustrated "Harvey", a comic strip about military life. He also animated a series of black-and-white cartoons called "Crazy Crayon".
Caroll Spinney | Comics and cartoons
He died at home in New York City on December 1, 1971. At his memorial service, he was eulogized by Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP. Buell C. Gallagher, retired president of the City College of New York, called him "the rallying center of the aggressive forward movement" of the NAACP.
Arthur B. Spingarn | Death and legacy
Knighted in 1942, he served until his retirement in 1943. Olney died in Surrey Hills in 1957.
Herbert Olney | Introduction
He died on 24 August 1939.
Daly Memorial Hall | Introduction
He received the Distinguished Service Medal for his service during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
DeRosey Caroll Cabell | Awards
Some of Spinney's artwork includes the 1996 painting called "Luna Bird", showing Big Bird walking on the moon, and the 1997 painting "Autumn", showing him playing in autumn leaves. Spinney also drew the drawing of Mr. Hooper that sits near Big Bird's nest.
Caroll Spinney | Artwork
Among the many awards and recognitions which he received are:
Herb Scannell | Awards and recognitions
Carol died on February 4, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack and is interred next to Alan Ladd in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1982, Carol has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1639 N. Vine Street. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.
Sue Carol | Death
On the evening of 19 December 2008 Colin Jerry was performing Manx music on the uilleann pipes at the Tynwald Hill Inn pub in St John's. Having just played his favourite carol he collapsed. Friends summoned an ambulance and he was taken to Noble's Hospital, Braddan, where he died that evening. He left his wife, Cristl, and three children – Bridget, Patrick and Kate – and grandchildren.
Colin Jerry | Death
Crannell became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1992, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1998. In 1990, Women in Aerospace gave her their Outstanding Achievement Award "for her dedication to expanding women’s opportunities for career advancement and for increasing their visibility through her activities as an aerospace professional".
Carol Jo Crannell | Recognition
She received the Fourth Estate Award from the National Press Club in 2015. Columbia University awarded Ifill the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2016, but she died two days before the scheduled ceremony. Ifill received more than 20 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, including Georgetown University, Smith College, Bates College and Skidmore College. In May 2011 she served as a commencement speaker at Morehouse College.
Gwen Ifill | Honors and awards
In 1955, Spinney relocated to Las Vegas, where he performed in the show "Rascal Rabbit". He returned to Boston, joining "The Judy and Goggle Show" in 1958 as a puppeteer "Goggle" to Judy Valentine's Judy. Throughout the 1960s, he performed on the Boston broadcast of "Bozo's Big Top", where he played various costumed characters which included Flip Flop the Rag Doll, Mr. Rabbit, Kookie the Boxing Kangaroo as well as Mr. Lion, who created cartoon drawings from the names of children participating in the show. Through that decade, he was also a commercial artist and animator. Spinney created a puppet duo consisting of two cats named Picklepuss and Pop, which he utilized throughout the 1960s.
Caroll Spinney | Early puppeteering
Lynley died aged 77 of a heart attack on September 3, 2019, at her home in Pacific Palisades, California.
Carol Lynley | Death
He suffered a serious fall indoors at his home in Kent in June 1955 and died in a private nursing home on 15 October 1955.
Rhymney | Notable people and organisations
Carol married Bert Palmer (1901–15 January 1980), a character actor from Yorkshire, who appeared in two episodes of "Coronation Street" and the pilot episode of its first spin-off, "Pardon the Expression", and they made their home in Blackpool. Her husband died in 1980. Lynne Carol died in 1990, the day after her 76th birthday she had three children, two sons named Michael, Robert and a daughter Jan none of whom followed their parents into acting. Her brother James Allan Hulme Mackinnon was also a stage actor.
Lynne Carol | Personal life
He died on February 19, 1957 at Geneva College.
Clarence E. Macartney | Death
He was awarded a CMG in 1951 and was knighted in 1962.
Michael Cavenagh Gillett | Awards
Spinney first met Jim Henson in 1962 at a puppeteering festival, where Henson asked if he would like to "talk about the Muppets". As Spinney failed to realize the question was an employment offer, the conversation never came to pass. In 1969, Spinney performed at a Puppeteers of America festival in Utah. His show was a mixture of live actors and puppets but was ruined by an errant spotlight that washed out the animated backgrounds. Henson was once again in attendance and noticed Spinney's performance. "I liked what you were trying to do," Henson said, and he asked once more if they could "talk about the Muppets".
Caroll Spinney | As a "Sesame Street" puppeteer
A celebration of Clara Rackham's life and work in words, music and theatre organised by Mary Joannou took place in the presence of members of the Rackham family at Anglia Ruskin University on 2 November 2018. The event included a specially commissioned play entitled 'Clara Rackham and the General Strike' written by local author Ros Connelly, young dancers from the Bodyworks Studio, and presentations by Sarah Rackham, Dr Deborah Thom and Councillor Anna Smith. The official civic ceremony in which the blue plaque was unveiled by Dame Stella Manzie, who spoke about Clara's pioneering achievements in local government, took place at Newnham College on 20 November 2018 by kind permission of the Principal, Dame Carol Black and the Fellows.
Clara Rackham | Legacy
It was thus awarded posthumously.
Laurie Hendren | Awards and notable achievements
The special medal cast for the 25 Global Winners of The Undergraduate Awards in 2016 (presented 10 November in Dublin) honoured Sheila Tinney, "trail-blazing and brilliant academic, who achieved astounding success through self-belief and determination." In 2016, the RIA unveiled a portrait of Tinney by Vera Klute as part of the Women on Walls exhibition. In August 2018, a plaque was unveiled in UCD in honour of Tinney.
Sheila Tinney | Legacy
He died in Ticehurst, Sussex on 5 January 1979, aged 83. A memorial service was held at St James's, Piccadilly on 5 April 1979; former Labour Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson MP read the lesson, whilst actress Virginia McKenna read a poem from her film "Carve Her Name with Pride". The address was given by Dulcie Gray, and Muriel Pavlow said the prayer of St Francis.
R. J. Minney | Death
Arthur F. Spinney Jr. (born November 8, 1927 in Saugus, Massachusetts, died May 27, 1994 in Lynn, Massachusetts ) known professionally as Art Spinney, was a guard who played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League and was captain of the 1949 Eagles' football team. Spinney attended Boston College. He missed the 1951 and 1952 NFL seasons due to military service. After his career he served as an offensive line coach for Boston College and the Boston Patriots under Mike Holovak and was also a public relations official. For a brief time, Spinney worked for the American Biltrite Rubber Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a consultant to its Sports Surfaces Division.
Art Spinney | Introduction
Caroll K. Bassett (1905 – March 24, 1972) was an American jockey. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972. He died on March 24, 1972 in Gordonsville, Virginia at age 66.
Caroll K. Bassett | Introduction
He died on 20 October 1998, after a battle with cancer.
John Didcott | Awards and honours
He dies in 1968.
Carmelo de Arzadun | Awards and Later Life
He was awarded the MBE in the 2002 New Years Honours List.
Terry Spinks | Honours
Sherrill received a citation from President Harry S. Truman in 1949, and she was awarded a medal from Freedoms Foundation in 1950. Sherrill died in 1990 in Holland, Pennsylvania. Her husband preceded her in death in 1963.
Dorothy Sherrill | Introduction
Carl's decorations include (having declined any personal medals for service in Vietnam):
Marion Eugene Carl | Awards and legacy
Carney died in his sleep of natural causes on November 9, 2003, five days after his 85th birthday, in his home near Westbrook, Connecticut. He is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Jean Carney died nine years later on October 31, 2012 at the age of 93.
Art Carney | Death
Following the end of his army career, Pinney took up residence at Racedown Manor, in the village of Broadwindsor, Dorset, where he lived the life of a retired country gentleman. He became a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and served as its High Sheriff in 1923. He did not return to an active army post, though he was the Colonel of his old regiment, the Royal Fusiliers, 1924–33, and was Honorary Colonel of the Dorsetshire Coast Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (appointed 31 March 1921) and of the 4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. Pinney died on 18 February 1943, survived by his wife and five of his children.
Reginald Pinney | Retirement
This time, they did have the conversation, and Spinney joined the Muppeteers full-time by late 1969. Spinney joined "Sesame Street" for the inaugural season in 1969. However, he nearly left after the first season because he was not getting acceptable pay, but Kermit Love persuaded him to stay. He has performed the Big Bird and Oscar characters in Australia, China, Japan, and across Europe. As Big Bird and Oscar, Spinney conducted orchestras across the US and Canada, including the Boston Pops, and visited the White House multiple times. He provided the characters' voices on dozens of albums.
Caroll Spinney | As a "Sesame Street" puppeteer
His name appeared on an honour roll at Caulfield Grammar School, and on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Claude Crowl | Remembered
In the 2000s he rejoined Spinks in London (2006-2010). He was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society in 2010. His collection of Byzantine coins was stolen in London in February 2018. Bendall died on 26 June 2019.
Simon Bendall | Career
He died May 4, 1902 in Ouray, Colorado.
Francis Patrick Carney | Death
Munley died on September 14, 1983 in her home of 50 years in Archbald, Pennsylvania. The Honorable Marion L. Munley Endowed Scholarship, established at Marywood University by Munley's family in her honor, is presented to a student interested in law and/or public service.
Marion L. Munley | Death
The segment honored the following who died in 2018:
25th Screen Actors Guild Awards | In Memoriam
Llewellyn Morris Chilson (April 1, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a United States Army master sergeant and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. He received twelve individual decorations for combat from the U.S. Army including seven decorations for valor. After the war, the President of the United States personally decorated Chilson with seven decorations including three Distinguished Services Crosses for extraordinary heroism in Germany.
Llewellyn Chilson | Introduction
Anne Hathaway presented a filmed tribute to the actors who died in 2006:
13th Screen Actors Guild Awards | In Memoriam
After his death his daughter sponsored a local award in Perton and Codsall, where her father lived until his death, to recognise local players achievements.
Cyril Sidlow | Memorial
He was awarded the United States Distinguished Service Medal in July 1919. He died on 7 November 1937.
James Douglas McLachlan | Biography
He died in Torquay on 7 April 1883. Arney Street in Paeroa, which is part of State Highway 26, is named for him. He is buried in the courtyard of Salisbury Cathedral.
George Arney | Death and commemoration
He was buried at St. Mary's Church, Callan, where the impressive tomb erected in his memory can still be seen.
Gerald Comerford | Last honours and death
Carney lived in Nahant, Massachusetts and Naples, Florida during his final years. He died on December 27, 2005 in Nahant.
Philip N. Carney | Later life
Among SPC Lizbeth Robles' decorations and medals were the following:
Lizbeth Robles | Awards and decorations
Kinney died in Arizona on May 2, 2013, at his second home. On his death he was the most generous donor to his alma mater. He was awarded the Benjamin Elijah Mays Medal, the highest award by the college.
E. Robert Kinney | Death and legacy
McElroy received his award and gave his acceptance speech. Shortly after the event, McElroy fell gravely ill with acute pneumonia and died on October 6. His funeral services were held at St. Mary of the Purification Catholic Church and his remains were interred at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas.
George McElroy (journalist) | Personal life
A resident of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Gaffney died at the age of 61 of an apparent heart attack at his home there on August 28, 1995. He was survived by his wife, Carol Crane, and his six daughters; a previous marriage ended in divorce.
John F. Gaffney | Personal life
Sir Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes were honorary presidents until their deaths in 2001, 2002 and 2012, respectively.
Goon Show Preservation Society | Introduction
Scanlan later died at Holy Cross Hospital, aged 71. He is buried in the cathedral he built.
Lawrence Scanlan | Final years
Ida was awarded the King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935. Ida Leeson died on 22 January 1964 at Castlecrag.
Ida Leeson | Awards
He died at Bird Island, Minnesota on December 31, 1905, at age 72.
Denis Byrne (Medal of Honor) | Biography
A Fellow of King's College, London he died on 9 October 1947.
Clayton Twitchell | Introduction
Truman held Spingarn in high regard, as evinced by his letter to him dated December 29, 1952, which opens "You are performing a public service..." even as both the president and Spingarn were readying to leave office in the advent of the new Eisenhower administration. Spingarn died on August 6, 1984.
Stephen J. Spingarn | Personal life and death
Carney died on 8 September 1941 in London, England.
Jem Carney | Death
He was a physics professor at University of Maryland, College Park, emeritus since 2008, until his death on 24 February 2016.
Carroll Alley | Introduction
Cretney was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1985 and was appointed an honorary Queen's Counsel in 1992. He was an academic bencher of the Inner Temple. The University of Bristol conferred on him an honorary LLD degree in 2007, and the University of Oxford awarded him the DCL higher doctorate in 1985.
Stephen Cretney | Honours and awards
In 1912, he was vice-president of the Usher–Stoughton shoe manufacturing company in Lynn, Massachusetts; later, he formed the Tenney–Spinney Shoe Company in partnership with Henry Spinney. He was balloted for the National Baseball Hall of Fame from 1936–1942 and again in 1946, but never received more than eight votes, receiving eight (3.1% of total ballots cast) during the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting in 1938. Tenney died on July 3, 1952 at Massachusetts General Hospital after a long illness. He was interred at Harmony Chapel and Cemetery in Georgetown.
Fred Tenney | Personal life and death
Rolleston was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935, and the King George VI Coronation Medal in 1937. He died on 8 September 1946 in Timaru.
Frank Rolleston | Awards and death
He died in London on 4 January 1910.
Frederick Matthew Darley | Honours and later years
In 2001, Letheren was awarded the Canadian Olympic Order and posthumously inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2010. She was also posthumously named into the Guelph Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
Carol Anne Letheren | Awards and honours
The segment honored the following who died in 2019:
26th Screen Actors Guild Awards | In Memoriam
He died on February 22, 1992. He is buried at the Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains.
Carlyle W. Crane | Biography
Mark Mitchell, comedian and Round The Twist star said it was "Impossible not to learn from Bunney. You could turn to her in a moment of exasperation knowing she would impart something very timely, if humbling".
Bunney Brooke | Tributes
He held honorary degrees from several schools, including Williams College, Tufts University, Bowdoin College, Dartmouth College, Colby College, Princeton University, and University of New Hampshire. The Saltonstall Boathouse in Phillips Exeter is named after him. William Saltonstall died on December 18, 1989, in Lakeville, Massachusetts.
William Saltonstall | Introduction
The SPIN's Readers' Poll is an awards held annually by American music magazine SPIN.
List of awards and nominations received by Jerry Cantrell | SPIN's Readers' Poll Awards
He received an honorary LL.D. in 1966 for his work. He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He donated his personal library to the University after retirement. He died in Oklahoma City.
Curtis P. Clausen | Introduction
He was a recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robert Creeley | Introduction
In 1987, Sutton was awarded the Spingarn Medal, an award presented annually by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American. In 1992 he received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.
Percy Sutton | Awards and honors
He was awarded on April 29, 1873.
Eli H. Janney | Biography
Cowley was commemorated by the Cowley Prize awarded by University College London.
John Duncan Cowley | Legacy
Subsequently, in 1945 he received the Spingarn medal from the NAACP. Several public and private establishments he was associated with have been landmarked, or named after him. His efforts to end Apartheid in South Africa were posthumously rewarded in 1978 by the United Nations General Assembly. "" won an Academy Award for best short documentary in 1980. In 1995, he was named to the College Football Hall of Fame. In the centenary of his birth, which was commemorated around the world, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Paul Robeson | Legacy and honors
Tunney died on November 7, 1978 at the Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut at the age of eighty-one, after suffering from a circulation ailment. He was interred at Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut.
Gene Tunney | Death
Carneal was remembered in the "Congressional Record".
William T. Carneal | Honored 70 years later
Dixon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1942 and became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge in 1950. He died in Cambridge in 1985.
Malcolm Dixon | Awards and honours
In 1980 he died of cancer of the larynx. The RCSI commemorates him in the annual Millin Scientific Meeting. A student residence and the Millin Room at the RCSI were named his honour.
Terence Millin | Death and legacy
"Jitney, Gem of the Ocean", and "Radio Golf" earned the designer three additional Tony Award nominations. Gallo was honored to design the Kennedy Center's tribute production of August Wilson’s Twentieth Century.
David Gallo | Introduction
Olney caught a cold during a trip to London and died at his home in Providence on October 24, 1903 of pneumonia. A memorial service was held in his honor on Monday, December 14, 1903, attended by the First Light Infantry Regiment. He was buried at Swan Point Cemetery.
Frank F. Olney | Death and burial
Many people have been inspired by her story and positive attitude, such as other gymnasts with similar disabilities, as well as others who realize that their own struggles are not nothing compared to living with a disability like hers. She passed away on May 11,2019 due to complications from Early On-set Alzheimers.
Carol Johnston | Inspiration
Culwick was conferred the degree of Doctor in Music, "honoris causa" by the University of Dublin on 29 June 1893. In 1909, a memorial tablet was placed in the South Choir Aisle of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in memory of Dr Culwick for his work as organist and choir master of the Chapel Royal. The memorial consists of a bronze portrait medallion, with marble frame, designed by Oliver Sheppard and Sir Thomas Drew respectively. It states:James Cooksey Culwick. Mus.Doc. Trinity College, Dublin. Born 28th April 1845. Died 5th October, 1907.
James Cooksey Culwick | Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
She died on October 10, 2009, aged 66, at her home in Decatur, Georgia from breast cancer.
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey | Death
McBratney died on 18 September 2020, at the age of 77.
Sam McBratney | Death
He died in 1965 or 1966.
Charles Gerald McNamara | Introduction
Rynhart died on 9 June 2020, aged 74, in Schull Community Hospital, Cork. She was buried in the Abbey Cemetery, Bantry, and is survived by her husband Derek and their children.
Jeanne Rynhart | Death
By June he had become housebound and quietly celebrated his 85th birthday surrounded by family; visiting friends were organised into appointments by his wife Blanche, but theatrical colleagues were barred in case they caused the comedian too much excitement. Robey suffered a stroke on 20 November and remained in a semi-coma for just over a week. He died on 29 November 1954 at his home in Saltdean, East Sussex, and was cremated at the Downs Crematorium in Brighton. Blanche continued to live on the Sussex coast until her death at the age of 83 in 1981.
George Robey | Knighthood and death
He later died in Rhodesia at Salisbury in August 1959.
Gerald Linnell | Introduction
Pearsall was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940. His nomination reads:
William Pearsall | Awards and honours
Carolla and Pinsky received a Sexual Health in Entertainment (SHINE) Award from The Media Project in 2000 for "incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality" in the talk show category for "Loveline". Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla is named in his honor.
Adam Carolla | Honors
William H. Macy presented a clip tribute to the actors who died in 2002:
9th Screen Actors Guild Awards | In Memoriam
Alan Carney (December 22, 1909 – May 2, 1973) was an American actor and comedian.
Alan Carney | Introduction
Carol Bly died of ovarian cancer on December 21, 2007, aged 77.
Carol Bly | Death