Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and youngsters’s writer broadly recognized for his portrayal of one of many first common characters on the youngsters’s present “Sesame Avenue” has died on the age of 90.
McGrath’s passing was confirmed by his household who posted on his Fb web page on Sunday: “The McGrath household has some unhappy information to share. Our father Bob McGrath, handed away as we speak. He died peacefully at residence, surrounded by his household.”
Sesame Workshop tweeted Sunday night that it “mourns the passing of Bob McGrath, a beloved member of the Sesame Avenue household for over 50 years.”
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McGrath was a founding solid member of “Sesame Avenue” when the present premiered in 1969, enjoying a pleasant neighbor Bob Johnson. He made his closing look on the present in 2017, marking an nearly five-decade-long determine within the “Sesame Avenue” world.
The actor grew up in Illinois and studied music on the College of Maryland and Manhattan College of Music. He additionally was a singer within the 60s sequence “Sing Alongside With Mitch” and launched a profitable singing profession abroad in Japan.
“A revered performer worldwide, Bob’s wealthy tenor stuffed airwaves and live performance halls from Las Vegas to Saskatchewan to Tokyo many instances over,” Sesame Workshop stated. “We shall be without end grateful for his a few years of passionate artistic contributions to Sesame Avenue and honored that he shared a lot of his life with us.”
He’s survived by his spouse, Ann Logan Sperry, and their 5 youngsters.