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Jon Stone
American writer, television producer and director (1931-1997) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 65
Jon Arthur Stone was an American television screenwriter, director, producer and chlidren's author who was best known as an original crewmember on the children's television show Sesame Street and is credited with helping to develop characters such as Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird.
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Caroll Spinney Also in Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
Richard Hunt Also in Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
Jerry Nelson Also in Hey Cinderella! (1969)
Jim Henson Directed Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Kevin Clash Also in Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
Sonia Manzano Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Martin P. Robinson Also in Big Bird in China (1983)
Bob McGrath Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Roscoe Orman Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Northern Calloway Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Loretta Long Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
David Rudman Also in Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
Steve Whitmire Also in John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)- Alaina Reed Hall Also in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Emilio Delgado Also in Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987)- Christopher Cerf Also in Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
Joey Mazzarino Also in Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)
Robert Downey Jr. Jon directed Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)
Leslie Nielsen Jon directed Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)
John Denver Produced Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Caroline Kennedy Produced Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
Jerry Weintraub Produced Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983)
Dave Goelz Also in John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Joan Ganz Cooney Produced Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969)
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Stone won 18 television Emmy Awards. Many regard him as among the best children's television writers.
