CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO CAROLL, INSTEAD OF CARROL - FILE - In a May 21, 2000, file photo, Caroll Spinney, center, best known for his TV character Big Bird from "Sesame Street," receives an honorary doctor of Humane Letters degree from Eastern Connecticut State University President David G. Carter, right, during commencement in Willimantic, Conn. Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame Workshop. He was 85. (AP Photo/Steve Miller, File)
