John Lovelady

August 11, 1931 — Oxford, Mississippi, USA

John Lovelady is an American retired puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the PBS series Sesame Street. Lovelady is originally from Oxford, Mississippi. He was one of the puppeteer troupe in the first season of The Muppet Show (1976–77). He later joined the syndicated children's series The Great Space Coaster, puppeteered for Mother Goose's Treasury, and also performed in a serialisation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lovelady, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.