Danny Seagren, the Jim Henson-trained puppeteer who occasionally portrayed Big Bird on Sesame Street and played the first live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company, has died. He was 81. Seagren's ...

Danny Seagren, the pioneering actor who first brought Spider-Man to live-action television and a celebrated puppeteer for Sesame Street, has died at the age of 81, his family has announced. Born in ...

Danny Seagren, a Jim Henson puppeteer who played Big Bird on Sesame Street and portrayed the first live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company, has died age 81. Seagren died on November 10, ...

Danny Seagren, the Jim Henson-trained puppeteer who played Big Bird on Sesame Street and portrayed the first-ever live-action Spider-Man on the kids’ show The Electric Company, has died. He was 81.

According to his DignityMemorial.com obituary, Seagren died on Monday, November 10, 2025. A cause of death was not provided. The obit said that Seagren “will be greatly missed by his family, friends ...