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- Jim Henson. James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, film director and producer who achieved international fame as the creator of the Muppets.
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Jim Henson Henson's co-puppeteer was the woman who would later become his wife, Jane Nebel. The two wed on May 28, 1959. Of the cast of characters created for this series, only Kermit would remain as a major figure with Jim Henson for later productions.
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- 1 Matthew Henson. 2  was a brave African-American Arctic explorer, and the co-discoverer of the North Pole. 3  Mauricio de Nassau. 4  was a famous Dutch explorer. 5  Merieme Chadid. 6  is an astronomer from Morocco who did research at the South Pole.
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Biography In 1966, Jim Henson had previously founded (with other American puppeteers) the USA chapter of the Union Internationale de la Marionette (UNIMA) - the world's oldest international theatre arts organization, and served as the USA Chapter's founding chaiman.
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The Jim Henson Company In 2004, Henson sold the rights to the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House to The Walt Disney Company, but retains the rights to the rest of its characters, program library, and assets. As of 2014, Brian, Lisa, Cheryl, and Heather Henson run the company (sibling and fellow co-owner John Henson died in February 2014).
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Thyroid Gland Function Tests Thyroid Scans are used for the following reasons: 1  Identifying nodules and determining if they are hot or cold. 2  Measuring the size of the goiter prior to treatment. 3  Follow-up of thyroid cancer patients after surgery.  Locating thyroid tissue outside the neck, i.e. base of the tongue or in the chest.
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âHiddenâ no more: Katherine Johnson, a black NASA pioneer, finds acclaim at 98 Taraji P. Henson plays Katherine Johnson in the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures. (Hopper Stone/AP) For many people, especially African Americans, her tale of overcoming racism and sexism is inspirational. But Johnson is still struggling to figure out what all the fuss is about.
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Who is Jim Plunkett? Biography, gossip, facts? Advertisement. 1  James William Jim Plunkett (born December 5 1947) is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Stanford University where he won the Heisman Trophy and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots San Francisco 49ers and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.
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Who is âEmpireâsâ Taraji P. Henson dating now? By Terry Shropshire, National Correspondent. Michael Strahan reportedly wants to take a bite out of Cookie As the leading lady of ‘Empire,’ Taraji P. Henson, cast a spell on the Hall of Fame football star and current talk show co-host.enson, 44, whose been nominated for an Oscar for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but experienced a meteoric rise in star power after her season 1 portrayal of Cookie Lyons on Fox’s blockbuster “Empire,” brought her sex appeal to the set of “Live with Kelly & Michael on March 16.
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Jim Henson (I)  (1936â1990) Jim Henson (I) (1936–1990) Actor | Writer | Producer. Jim Henson never thought that he would make a name of himself in puppetry; it was merely a way of getting himself on television. The vehicle that achieved it was Sam and Friends (1955), a late-night puppet show that was on after the 11:00 news in Washington DC.
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THE DOCTOR'S WORLD; Henson Death Shows Danger of Pneumonia Published: May 29, 1990. THE untimely death of Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, from pneumonia this month at the age of 53 may have shocked many Americans who believed that bacterial infections no longer could kill with such swiftness.
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- James Maury  Jim  Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, actor, film director, and producer. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and Hyattsville, Maryland, he began developing puppets while attending high school.
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- Born: Charles County, Maryland, 1866. Died: March 9, 1955, he accompanied United States Navy Commander Robert Peary on an expedition to the North Pole. Henson accompanied Peary on each of his eight Arctic voyages and was noted for his technical skills and his ability to communicate with the Eskimo.
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Henson Death Shows Pneumonia Threat Unfortunately Henson's death brought out a good reason why the elderly should get the vaccine, Allentown Health Director Gary Gurian said. Henson had streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcal pneumonia -- one of the most common types of bacterial pneumonia and one of 23 serotypes the vaccine helps prevent. While Henson was not among those for whom the vaccine is recommended, his death underlined the need to take every precaution, Gurian said.
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Matthew Henson S. Allen Counter's book, North Pole Legacy: Black, White and Eskimo (1991), discusses the explorations, as well as Peary and Henson's country wives (Inuit women) and their part-Inuit descendants, and historical race relations. 1  He made a film documentary by the same name, shown on the Monitor Channel in 1992.
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Henson Death Shows Pneumonia Threat At age 53, Muppet creator Jim Henson should not have died from pneumonia. The puppeteer was healthy before he came down with flu symptoms last Friday, and he did not have any other illness, such as AIDS, that could affect his ability to fight the infection, doctors in New York said.
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other people named John Henson, see John Henson (disambiguation). John Morris Henson (born July 11, 1967) is an American comedian, talk show host, and actor. He was the co-host of ABC's Wipeout with John Anderson, a prime-time game show that ran for 7 seasons. 1 Biography.
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Frank Oz Frank Oz. Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; born May 25, 1944) is an English-born American director, puppeteer, actor, and filmmaker. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street.He is also known for being the puppeteer and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars films.is career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street.
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Taraji P. Henson Her first name and middle name are from Swahili. Taraji means hope and Penda means love. Her family origins have been traced back to the Masa People in Cameroon. She says that Matthew Henson who was a North Pole explorer was a brother to his great-great grandfather. He graduated from the Oxon Hill High School in the city of Oxon Hill, in Maryland. She was in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and it is the place where she did electrical engineering and afterwards, she attended Howard University where she did drama.
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The Jim Henson Company The company has also produced many films, including The Muppet Movie, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. Henson also operates Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a puppet, animatronics, and visual effects workshop, which has created characters and effects for Henson productions, as well as outside producers.
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Jim Henson Henson's Legacy. The Henson family at their Bedford, New York home in 1977, as published in the July 1990 issue of Life magazine: (from left) Cheryl, Jane, Brian, Jim, Heather (on her father's shoulders), John and Lisa.
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An Exclusive Interview with Glee Band Member Scott Henson And that was the end of that. Until the bass player in the band (Scott Henson) found it, and then it exploded. Both he and John Lock (the drummer in the band) were nothing but wonderful and so I, being who I am, took advantage of that and asked them for interviews. John Lock’s Interview is here. Scott Henson was still to come.
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- Jim Steranko. James F. Steranko[1] (/stəˈræŋkoʊ/; born November 5, 1938)[2] is an American graphic artist, comic book writer/artist, comics historian, magician, publisher and film production illustrator.
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Jim Henson Biography Jim Henson was born James Maury Henson on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. At a young age, Henson was drawn to the arts. His maternal grandmother, a painter, quilter and needleworker, encouraged his creative passions, including his puppetry.
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- James Adam Jim Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an Albanian-American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is the younger brother of late comic actor John Belushi and father of actor Robert Belushi, best known for playing the role of James Jim Orenthal on the long-running sitcom According to Jim (2001–2009).
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Jumanji Characters Alan Robert John Jason Parrish III (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) – Judy and Peter's companion in Jumanji. He has been stuck in the game since he was a boy and can only get out if he sees his original clue. According to the Jumanji database, he got trapped in Jumanji on April 3, 1972 (although in Young Alan, he says its 1965 and in the actual movie it was 1969).