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8th December 2019
06:30pm GMT
Spinney's appreciation for puppetry began when he was just five-years-old.
He used his talent in performing to pay his way through college, eventually becoming a professional puppeteer in the 1950s and 1960s.
He later met Muppets creator, Jim Henson, who also starred in Sesame Street. He joined the cast of the children's series in 1969.
Over the course of his career, Spinney received six Emmys as well as a Lifetime Achievement Emmy award in 2006.
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