On this day in 1990: Muppets creator Jim Henson, feeling under the weather, cuts short a Mother’s Day visit to Ahoskie to return to New York City. Three days later he will die of a fast-spreading form of bacterial pneumonia. Henson, 53, often visited Ahoskie, where his mother, Barbara Henson, had retired in the early […]
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Death came suddenly to Muppets creator
Posted in On This Day, tagged ahoskie nc, bacterical pneumonia, barbara henson, jim henson, muppets on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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