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Kermit Love

Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)

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Born
August 7, 1916
Died
June 21, 2008
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1916

About Kermit Love

Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love was an American puppet maker, puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children's television and on Broadway. He was best known as a designer and builder with the Muppets, in particular those on Sesame Street. Despite popular rumor, Love was not the namesake of Kermit the Frog; the character was created and named in 1955, before Henson met Love in the 1960s. During the early 1960s, Love first crossed paths with Jim Henson through Don Sahlin, who urged him to meet with Henson. From this, Love went on to build Oscar the Grouch and then Big Bird after a drawing was designed by Henson (though Sahlin had carved the first head).

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The world when Kermit Love was born

Kermit Love was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Kermit Love's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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