About Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
Richard Hunt (August 17, 1951 – January 7, 1992) was an American actor and puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other projects for The Jim Henson Company. His roles on The Muppet Show included Scooter, Statler, Janice, Beaker, and Sweetums and characters on Sesame Street included Gladys the Cow, Don Music, Forgetful Jones and the right head of the Two-Headed Monster. == Early life == Hunt was born in The Bronx, New York. The family eventually moved to Closter, New Jersey some years later. Hunt came from a family of performers. As a student in middle school and high school, he put on puppet shows for local children, and was a fan of the then-fledgling Muppets. After high school graduation, and a four-month stint of doing weather reports at a local radio station, Hunt pursued a meeting with Jim Henson. He cold-called from a payphone and was invited to audition. He worked for the Cousin Brucie radio show after graduating from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, faking his credentials to write weather reports. == Career == After he was hired to work on Sesame Street, Hunt mostly performed background characters.
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