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Richard Hunt was born on 17 August, 1951 in The Bronx, New York, U.S., is an American puppeteer (1951-1992). Discover Richard Hunt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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Occupation Puppeteer
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 17 August, 1951
Birthday 17 August
Birthplace The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Date of death 1992
Died Place Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1951

Richard Hunt (August 17, 1951 – January 7, 1992) was an American puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other projects for The Jim Henson Company.

His roles on The Muppet Show included Scooter, Statler, Janice, Beaker, and Sweetums and characters on Sesame Street include Gladys the Cow, Don Music, and Forgetful Jones.

Hunt was born in The Bronx, New York.

The family eventually moved to Closter, New Jersey some years later.

Hunt came from a family of performers.

As a student in middle school and high school, he put on puppet shows for local children, and was a fan of the then-fledgling Muppets.

After high school graduation, and a four-month stint of doing weather reports at a local radio station, Hunt pursued a meeting with Jim Henson.

He cold-called from a payphone and was invited to audition.

After being hired to work on Sesame Street, Hunt mostly performed background characters.

One of his first major performances was as Taminella Grinderfall in The Frog Prince, physically performing the character while Jerry Juhl portrayed the voice.

Hunt performed Scooter and shared Miss Piggy with Frank Oz until the final quarter of the first season of The Muppet Show.

His characters on Sesame Street included Forgetful Jones, Placido Flamingo, Don Music, Gladys the Cow, and Sully; Hunt also briefly performed Elmo before Kevin Clash was cast in that role.

On Fraggle Rock, Hunt's main role was the performing the facial expressions and voice of Junior Gorg; he also performed Gunge (one of the Trash Heap's barkers) as well as several one-shot or minor characters.

Hunt also worked as a director of several home video releases such as Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along and Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game, as well as an episode of Fraggle Rock.

Hunt was close friends with fellow puppeteer Jerry Nelson.

Several of their characters were paired, such as Nelson's Floyd Pepper with Hunt's Janice; the Two-Headed Monster; and Nelson's Pa Gorg to Hunt's Junior Gorg on Fraggle Rock.

Hunt was gay.

When Rudolf Nureyev, also openly gay, made a guest appearance on The Muppet Show, Nureyev bluntly flirted with Hunt backstage.

1985

Hunt was in a relationship with Nelson Bird, a painter from Alabama, until Bird’s death in 1985.

1992

On January 7, 1992, Hunt died of HIV/AIDS-related complications at Cabrini Hospice in Manhattan, aged 40.

He was cremated, and some of his ashes were sprinkled over the flower beds at the Hunt Family home in Closter, New Jersey.

The Muppet Christmas Carol was dedicated to his memory.

2002

The roles of Beaker and Statler, likewise, were reassigned to Steve Whitmire and Jerry Nelson, respectively, with Whitmire performing Statler fulltime later in 2002.

2003

Mark Hamill told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel during a chat in November 2003 that he became friends with Hunt during his Muppet Show appearance, and that "[Hunt] became one of the best friends my family has ever had."

2008

Following Hunt's death, the roles of Scooter and Janice were reassigned to David Rudman in 2008.

2009

John Henson was cast as Sweetums shortly prior to Hunt's death, having initially been trained by Hunt for physical performances in the attraction Muppet*Vision 3D, before Matt Vogel was cast in the role in 2009.

On Sesame Street, Hunt's roles of Sully, Sonny Friendly, and the right head of the Two-Headed Monster were also reassigned to Rudman until the former two were eventually retired, while the role of Gladys the Cow is now performed by Jennifer Barnhart.

2017

As of 2017, Beaker is now performed by Rudman, and Statler by Peter Linz.

2019

The role of Don Music has been performed by Ryan Dillon since 2019.