Remembering Caroll Spinney, Rene Auberjunois, Bump Elliott

Caroll Spinney was the puppeteer who portrayed both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running PBS television show Sesame Street. Rene Auberjunois got a break as an actor in Robert Altman’s movie version of MASH (1970). He went on to star in other television series, notably Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) and Benson (1980-1986), as well as many other acting and voice-over roles. Bump Elliott was a legend in the Big Ten, first as a running back and football coach at the University of Michigan and later as the longtime athletic director at the University of Iowa.