Lloyd Morrisett, a co-founder of the long-running children’s show Sesame Street, died this week at age 93.
Morrisett was one of the creators of Sesame Street, which first debuted in November of 1969. Along with Joan Ganz Cooney he was also a co-founder of the Children’s Television Workshop—now Sesame Workshop—the organization that produces Sesame Street.
Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of our esteemed and beloved co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD, who died at the age of 93. pic.twitter.com/I9cSez95Px