Spinney died at his home in Connecticut after living with Dystonia for some time
Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who climbed inside a claustrophobic feathered costume to play the beloved Spinney, who also operated and voiced Oscar, Big Bird's grumpy trash can-dwelling neighbor, before retiring from the iconic kids program in October 2018, died at his home in Connecticut after "living with dystonia for some time.
Performing as the 8-foot-tall Big Bird, it turns out, requires quite a bit of physical ingenuity. Spinney would hold up the costume's 5-pound head by hoisting it straight above his own head with his right arm. That arm operated the mouth, while his right pinkie worked a lever to raise and lower Big Bird's eyebrows. Spinney's left arm went directly inside the left wing, which had a fishing wire connecting it to the right one as a counterbalance.
During the act, technical glitches caused by the lighting made it impossible for Spinney to complete his performance. Frustrated, he went behind a screen and pantomimed pulling his hair out before calling the whole thing off. Spinney appeared on thousands of episodes — more than any other castmember — during his 49 years on the show. He also starred on the 1983 NBC special , which was shot on location shortly after the country opened up to the West, and Follow That Bird He's Just Not That Into You
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