Lloyd Morrisett, Who Helped Launch ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies

Lloyd Morrisett, Who Helped Launch ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies
Lloyd Morrisett appears at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner in Washington on Dec. 7, 2019. Kevin Wolf/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo, and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, has died. He was 93.

Morrisett’s death was announced Monday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit he helped establish under the name the Children’s Television Workshop. No cause of death was given.