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Mar 18, 2022 · Emilio Delgado (left) and Sonia Manzano (center) co-starred on "Sesame Street" for decades (along with the Count, seated on a fence). Manzano remembered Delgado in a piece for Time.
Mar 17, 2022 · By Sonia Manzano. March 17, 2022 3:49 PM EDT. Manzano is an actor. E milio Delgado, who died March 10 at the age of 81, played Luis, the Fix-It Shop owner on Sesame Street, for more than four ...
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Emilio Ernest Delgado (May 8, 1940 – March 10, 2022) was an American actor best known for his role as Luis, the Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series Sesame Street. He joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1971 and remained until his contract was not renewed, in late 2016, as part of Sesame Workshop 's retooling of the series.
First introduced alongside Raul Julia’s Raphael as the proprietors of L&R’s Fix-It Shop, Delgado was eventually paired with Sonia Manzano’s Maria when the Sesame Street producers wanted to explore storylines involving love, marriage, and parenthood. Luis and Maria were married in a grand ceremony on the roof of 123 Sesame Street in 1988 ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Emilio Delgado, who played Luis on ... In 1988, children watched Luis get married to Maria, played by Sonia Manzano. Grover, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch attended the wedding, and so did Elmo, as ...
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Mar 18, 2022 · Sonia Manzano, who for decades played Luis' co-worker and eventual wife, Maria, remembered her late co-star Emilio Delgado as a socially conscious man dedicated to improving the portrayal of ...
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Mar 11, 2022 · He & Sonia Manzano made Latin-American kids feel seen, accepted, and sunny.” “Luis and Maria were the only Brown people I ever saw on TV as a kid,” wrote American Poet Erika Sánchez.
