Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies aged 93

The experimental educator teamed up with television producer Joan Ganz Cooney to create Sesame Street after seeing his daughter interact with a TV

Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of Sesame Street, the educational television show watched by millions of children around the world, has died at the age of 93.

Morrisett’s death was first announced on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit he helped to co-found under the name the Children’s Television Workshop. No cause of death was given.