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Jim Henson
American puppeteer (1936–1990)
This article is about the puppeteer. For the company he co-founded, see The Jim Henson Company. For the man who escaped slavery, see Jim Henson (memorialist).
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmskapare who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986).
Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television schema on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less tha
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Just One Person: An Excerpt from JIM HENSON: THE BIOGRAPHY
A NOTE FROM BRIAN: I usually prefer to celebrate a subject’s date of birth rather than observe the day he died. But it’s worth noting that twenty-five years ago today — May 16, 1990 — Jim Henson passed away at 1:21 a.m. in New York.
Readers of Jim Henson: The Biography often tell me that they find the chapter on Jim’s death to be both sad and fascinating, especially as the circumstances of Jim’s death have, for the last two-and-a-half decades, been misinterpreted, misreported, or just plain misunderstood. I appreciate hearing that readers find this portion of the book as gratifying as they do heartbreaking.You can thank the Henson family for their openness in discussing Jim’s death, and for providing me with the honor — and responsibility — of reading Jim’s medical records from that day in May 1990.
As we remember Jim on the occasion of his pas • His creations are known around the world. Now the man behind the Muppets is getting a retrospective moment in the spotlight in the new documentary Jim Henson Idea Man, now streaming on Disney+. Henson died in 1990 at age 53 but remains perhaps the most famous American TV puppeteer. The new documentary explores his inner life and creative innovations. “It’s a shame that we lost him when we did because what he’d be doing with tech today would be very exciting, and he probably would’ve pushed that medium along in a way that we would recognize,” director Ron Howard said. Jim Henson Idea Man premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month. Watch Jim Henson Idea Manon Disney+ Puppeteer Jim Henson was the man behind the Muppets. He started creating his signature characters, including Kermit the Frog, during a TV gig in college. The Muppets reached a new lev
Jim Henson
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