Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First, I’d like to acknowledge the borderline poetic punch of “counting things is an endless thing.” Boy, isn’t it. What Stiles ...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's beloved Count von Count, died Thursday at the age of 78. The cause of death was unspecified. At the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, Nelson wrote: ...

The one and only Count is celebrating a birthday Saturday. How many birthdays has he had? Lets count. Oct. 9 is the designated birthday for Count von Count, the beloved Sesame Street puppet who has ...

Shall we count the ways children around the world loved Jerry Nelson? Read this in the voice of Count von Count, please: One, he voiced the aforementioned number-loving vampire to life on Sesame ...

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie of characters including Count von Count on "Sesame Street" and Gobo Fraggle on "Fraggle Rock," has died. He was 78. Nelson, who ...

The beloved Muppet, who first appeared on Sesame Street during Richard Nixon’s administration, seems to have gained new fame as an online mascot for those resisting Trump’s demand to halt the vote ...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who taught innumerable children to count over the years as the voice of one of Sesame Street’s most popular characters, died Thursday in his Cape Cod home. He was 78.