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Big Bird Actor: I Almost Died on the Challenger and I Cry in the Suit
Hudson Hongo · 05/03/15 03:35PMThe documentary I Am Big Bird—following the life of veteran muppeteer Caroll Spinney—doesn’t premiere until next week, but many of the film’s most interesting details are out today thanks to the New York Post. Among them: Spinney is related to Barack Obama, has used the suit to hide his tears and was a planned crewmember of the doomed Challenger mission.