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May 16, 1997 · The 53-year-old Henson was at the pinnacle of his career when he died, on May 16, 1990, of a severe strep infection that destroyed his lungs within days. At the time, PBS' award-winning Sesame...
May 17, 1990 · Hospital spokesmen said he had died of streptococcus pneumonia, a bacterial infection, a day after he was admitted to the emergency room. Mr. Henson's creatures first appeared on television...
May 17, 1990 · They described the cause of death as “a massive bacterial infection, more specifically known as streptococcus pneumonia.” Advertisement. Arthur Novell, spokesman for Jim Henson...
May 29, 1990 · Dr. David Gelmont, who headed the intensive care team that treated Mr. Henson at New York Hospital, believes he died from toxic shock syndrome produced by the streptococcal bacteria.
But if Henson's death at age 53 from a severe but treatable disease, Group A streptococcus pneumonia appears unfathomable, it is not. Its cause lay not entirely in the illness but, ironically, and sadly, in his own character.
May 17, 1990 · May 17, 1990 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Jim Henson, 53, the puppeteer who created Big Bird, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog and the rest of the Muppets and then made them the endearing stars of some of the...
May 16, 1990 · May 16, 1990 12 AM PT. From Times Wire Services. NEW YORK — Jim Henson, the man who created the Muppets and took Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and an ever-complaining Oscar the Grouch to...
