‘Sesame Street’ actor Bob McGrath died Sunday. Here’s what people are saying

Bob McGrath, one of the original hosts of the children’s show “Sesame Street,” is dead.

In a post to his Facebook page, McGrath’s family said he died on Sunday at 90 years of age, “peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.”

McGrath was a part of the show since its premiere episode in 1969 and stayed until 2016. During McGrath’s time on the show, “Sesame Street” became a highly celebrated children’s education show and won 167 Emmy Awards.

American actress Holly Robinson Peete said McGrath was the “nicest, sweetest, kindest man” on Twitter and posted a video of the two of them, joined by Peete’s brother, feeding a goat on the show.

Brian Lynch, a screenwriter for children’s movies, took to Twitter to “thank” McGrath.

Actor and comedian Shalyah Evans posted on Twitter the “Sesame Street gang feel (sic) like family.”

Author and media personality Ken Plume tweeted McGrath was a “childhood icon.”

McGrath even earned praise from overseas. British visual artist James Hance recounted the first time they met, tweeting, “He greeted everyone he met like an old friend, & having grown up watching him it really felt like he was.”

Some Canadians had a particular connection to McGrath: the Illinois native hosted Telemiracle, an annual 20-hour charity telethon in Saskatchewan, for close to 40 years before bowing out in 2015.

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