Muppet puppeteer Jerry Nelson dies at 78

Jerry Nelson, who voiced many characters on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, has died. Nelson is perhaps best known because he brought Count von Count, the purple, friendly vampire, to life. Madalit del Barco filed this obituary for our NewscastJerry Nelson was born July 10, 1934, in Tulsa and raised in Washington, D.C. He worked as a puppeteer with Bil Baird before starting his association with Henson in the mid-1960s on “The Jimmy Dean Show,” a variety program that featured the Muppets.Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who taught innumerable children to count over the years as the voice

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