LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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.

The live-action Sesame Street musical is set for January 15, 2021, and starts shooting in July with MGM co-financing with WB. The hybrid T&J, directed by Tim Story, will arrive three months later ...

“Sesame Street” will also continue to air on PBS stations, its original home, and for the first time in a decade, new episodes will air free on public television without a months-long delay.

First Posted: 8/24/2012 (AP) Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Count von Count on PBS’ “Sesame Street,” has died. Sesame Workshop says Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died Thursday ...