{"id":6934,"date":"2022-03-11T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/sesame-street-star-emilio-delgado-dies-aged-81\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:43:04","slug":"sesame-street-star-emilio-delgado-dies-aged-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/sesame-street-star-emilio-delgado-dies-aged-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Street star Emilio Delgado dies aged 81"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor Emilio Delgado, who starred on Sesame Street for more than four decades, has died at the age of 81.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Delgado was a 45-year presence in the children’s lives, playing repair shop owner Luis on the long-running series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His wife Carol Delgado confirmed he died at their home in New York from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he had been battling since 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, the producers said he was a “beloved member of the Sesame family.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Delgado, a Mexican, joined the show at a time when there were few ordinary Latino characters on television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His character Luis, first appearing in 1971, was praised for eschewing the Latin American stereotypes then common on television. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“There really wasn’t any portrayal of real people,” Delgado recalled in a 2021 interview on the YouTube series Famous Cast Words. “Most of the roles I went out for were either bandits or gang members.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shopkeeper Luis was an exception, and Delgado’s role saw him alongside a motley crew of children and the famous puppets Elmo, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Delgado was cast in the show’s third season without having to audition. The actor recalled that producer Jon Stone “didn’t want actors… he wanted real people.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The actor took a year-long hiatus from the show in the mid-1980s, but returned to continue playing the viewer-favorite Luis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    In a highly publicized 1988 episode, his character married fellow actress Maria, played by Sonia Manzano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The plot marked Sesame Street’s first attempt at teaching romantic love to children, in which the Fix-it store employees fall in love with each other after caring for a sick kitten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    They first realized they might be in love when Big Bird spotted them holding hands and asked, “Why would adults hold hands to cross the street?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “We wanted to show a couple who are nice to each other and have fun together,” Ms. Manzano, who also promoted the show, told the New York Times in 1988.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Delgado’s “warmth and humor invited children to share a friendship that reverberates through generations,” Sesame Workshop said in its statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \u201cAt the pinnacle of representation, Emilio proudly laid claim to the record for the longest-running role by a Mexican in a television series. We are so grateful that he shared his talent with us and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Delgado’s other TV appearances included Quincy ME, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and House of Cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    He left Sesame Street in 2016 when his contract was not renewed during a show overhaul. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in late 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    He was honored by former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who declared October 15, 2019 as Emilio Delgado Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “At a time when you often saw diversity on TV with stereotypes, not the good stereotypes,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “Emilio was one of those people who broke with form and set a positive example for everyone, but especially for children who couldn’t see or hear people who looked like them and spoke like them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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