The Jim Henson Foundation was founded by puppeteer and Muppet creator Jim Henson to promote and develop puppetry in the United States. It is the only grantmaking institution with this mission. A puppeteer is a person who manipulates a puppet or marionette, either by the use of strings, wires or their hands, for a stage production or film. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), commonly known as Jim Henson, was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...
Its president is Cheryl Henson, Jim Henson's daughter.
Henson made a deal to sell his company to the Walt Disney corporation in 1989; the deal fell through the next year, when Henson died from pneumonia after a sudden infection.
PuppeteerJimHenson, the creator of Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy and a stable of Muppets, was born on this date in 1936.
JimHenson died suddenly in 1990 of bacterial pneumonia.
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