Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who taught innumerable children to count over the years as the voice of one of Sesame Street’s most popular characters, died Thursday in his Cape Cod home. He was 78.

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie of characters including Count von Count on "Sesame Street" and Gobo Fraggle on "Fraggle Rock," has died. He was 78. Nelson, who ...

Whatever you consider Sesame Street’s Count, man or monster, he’s got a simple mission: to count things. It is his drive, his base need, the source of his delightful full name: Count Von Count. Being ...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's beloved Count von Count, died Thursday at the age of 78. The cause of death was unspecified. At the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, Nelson wrote: ...

The one and only Count is celebrating a birthday Saturday. How many birthdays has he had? Lets count. Oct. 9 is the designated birthday for Count von Count, the beloved Sesame Street puppet who has ...

Shall we count the ways children around the world loved Jerry Nelson? Read this in the voice of Count von Count, please: One, he voiced the aforementioned number-loving vampire to life on Sesame ...

Move over, Psy! "Sesame Street" has topped 1 billion views on YouTube, as well. The long-running kids' education show is the first nonprofit to hit this mark. And who better to celebrate this ...

As we enter Day 3 of election counting in the United States, the world is watching with bated breath, all of us waiting for the flood of legitimately cast mail votes to be delivered and tallied so ...

Jerry Nelson, who voiced many characters on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, has died. Nelson is perhaps best known because he brought Count von Count, the purple, friendly vampire, to life.

The beloved Muppet, who first appeared on Sesame Street during Richard Nixon’s administration, seems to have gained new fame as an online mascot for those resisting Trump’s demand to halt the vote ...