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Original Sesame Street cast member Bob McGrath has passed away. He was a regular cast member from the first episode until... geez sometime in the early 2010s I think

He sang almost every well known song on the show that didn't require a Muppet in the lead voice position.

Bob was an institution as much as the show itself was!

James

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He was with the show until 2017!

God - sign me up to get to 90 right now

Bob was such a fixture of my youth

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I think why Bob resonated so much with me was because he always came across as genuine (not that the rest of the cast didn't).

Apparently, he was a big crossover act in Japan before Sesame Street. 

The fact he was regular cast until 2017 is incredible. I remember there was a small media stink when CTW/HBO didn't renew his contract

James

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According to a message from her children that was posted on her Twitter account, Kirstie Alley has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 71.

 

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I literally sat and listened to like 10 different Sesame Street versions of "Sing" ladt night just to hear Bob's voice stand out. 

I was a blubbering mess after each version. I get the feeling I will not be listening to that song for a very long time

James

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12 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

God damn it, I can't handle this...

Our tears are a healing salve.

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10 hours ago, odessasteps said:

When we saw the re-release of ST 2 in September. , it did bring back memories of young Kirstie Alley. 

 

I wasn't a fan of her as Shelley Long's replacement on Cheers but she'll always have a place in my heart for WoK, probably because she brought so much personality to her Lt. Saavik. Which is another way of saying that she sucked at portraying a Vulcan but it still worked. I also remember liking the first season of Veronica's Closet but didn't follow it beyond that. RIP

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41 minutes ago, Execproducer said:

I wasn't a fan of her as Shelley Long's replacement on Cheers but she'll always have a place in my heart for WoK, probably because she brought so much personality to her Lt. Saavik. Which is another way of saying that she sucked at portraying a Vulcan but it still worked. I also remember liking the first season of Veronica's Closet but didn't follow it beyond that. RIP

Her showing emotion was later retconned by saying Saavik was half-Romulan.

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