The puppetry community has sadly lost another important figure. Tears of Joy co-founder Janet Bradley passed away earlier this week....
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I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
I'm sad to report the passing of verteran puppeteer Kathy Piper last month at the age of...
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I was very sad to hear today about the passing of Frank Ballard. Although perhaps not well known to the general public, in puppetry circles Frank was a renowned designer and puppeteer who built over 1,500 puppets and directed 100 puppet operas and musicals over the course of his career. Probably his greatest contribution to...
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Greek Master Puppeteer Evgenios Spatharis passed away after sustaining injuries in a fall en route to a performance last week. The world has lost another master of a historic, traditional form of puppetry. Eugenios Spatháris – one of the world’s best-known shadow puppeteers – died yesterday at the age of 85. Eugenios was a second...
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Hank Stohl was a star puppeteer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early days of television. I’m sad to report that we’ve lost another of the early pioneers of television puppetry. Henry “Hank” Stohl – a well-known as a puppeteer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950s and `60s – passed away on Monday after a long...
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Legendary Hollywood manager Bernie Brillstein passed away on Thursday. I got up this morning to some sad news…legendary Hollywood agent/manager/studio exec Bernie Brillstein has died of heart disease at the age of 77. Bernie was known in the entertainment industry as what the Hollywood reporter called a “brash and gregarious old-school Hollywood fixture who worked...
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Big Bird, director Helmut Hermann, Samson and Kermit Love on the set of On the set of Sesamstrasse (the German-language version of Sesame Street). I just got the sad news that Kermit Love passed away last Saturday at the age of 91. Kermit was an incredible puppet builder and costume designer who was long associated...
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Special effects master Stan Winston died Sunday night after a long battle with cancer. Wow, I just heard the awful news that Stan Winston passed away Sunday night at his home in Malibu after a long battle with cancer. He was 62 years old. Even if you don’t know Stan’s name, chances are you know...
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Director Anthony Minghella has passed away at the age of 54. I just read the sad news that filmmaker Anthony Minghella has died. He is best known for directing films like The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain and won a Best Director Oscar for The English Patient, but got one of his first big breaks...
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I just received the sad news that apparently Will Stackman (“Professor Will”) has passed away. More details aren’t available yet, but this is an awful loss for the puppetry community. Will was an American puppeteer who was a fixture in the Boston area puppet scene. He was probably best known for performing Punch and Judy...
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Actor/puppeteer Walker Edmiston on the set of The Walker Edmiston Show in the 1950s. I just read that Walker Edmiston, a talented actor, voice artist and puppeteer died recently in Los Angeles from complications from cancer at the age of 81. Walker started out doing incidental characters on the original Time for Beany puppet show,...
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Talented American puppeteer and puppet builder Roger Mara has passed away at age 53. I just read the sad news on Patrick Johnson’s Puppet Design Blog that Roger Mara of Snapdragon Puppets has passed away after a short battle with stomach cancer at the age of 53. I never had the opportunity to meet or...
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