What is Kermit Love?
{{Infobox person | name = Kermit Love | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birthname = Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|08|07}} | birth_place = [[Spring Lake]], [[New Jersey]], [[USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|06|21|1916|08|05}} | death_place = [[Poughkeepsie]], [[New York (state)|New York]], USA | death_cause = Congestive [[heart failure]] | othername = | occupation = [[Puppeteer]], [[costume design]]er and [[actor]] | yearsactive = | spouse = | domesticpartner = Christopher Lyall | website = | awards = }} '''Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love''' (August 7, 1916 – June 21, 2008) was an [[Americans|American]] [[puppeteer]], [[costume]] [[design]]er, and [[actor]] in children's [[television]] and on [[Broadway]]. He was best known for his work on [[The Muppets|Muppets]], mainly ones on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Love started his work when he was young, at first doing work for [[Broadway]], such as making [[marionette]]s. He worked with many great names at the time in Broadway and [[ballet]]. In the 1960s, [[Don Sahlin]] told Love to meet with [[Jim Henson]], which was where Love and Henson first met. Due to his work in theater, Love knew how to make full-body puppets well. Soon after, Love made [[Big Bird]] and other muppets. Even though his name was Kermit, he was not the [[wikt:namesake|namesake]] of [[Kermit the Frog]], who Henson made before meeting Love. Love still made some non-Sesame Street [[Fictional character|characters]] until the early 2000s. He died on June 21, 2008 of [[heart failure]] in [[Poughkeepsie]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He is outlived by his life partner, Christopher Lyall. ==Other websites== * [http://www.lyonpuppets.com/kermitlove.html Rick Lyon's Photos from Love's 85th Birthday Party] * [http://www.findarticles.com/p/art