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Emilio Delgado, the actor best known for his beloved role as “Fix-It-Shop” owner Luis Rodriguez on “Sesame Street,” has died, his representative confirmed to Variety. He was 81.“We are saddened by the news of Emilio’s passing,” Robert Attermann, CEO of A3 Artists Agency, said in a statement. “Emilio was an immense talent who brought so much joy and smiles to his fans.
He will be missed by many and we know his legacy will live on. Our thoughts are with his loved ones, including his wife, Carole.”A Mexican American born in California and raised in Mexico, Delgado got his start as an actor in the late 60s working in summer stock theater. His first ever screen credit was in the Mexican soap opera “Canción de la Raza.” In 1970, he enrolled as a student in the California Institute of the Arts.
The summer before his second year at the school, he interviewed with Jon Stone, the head producer and writer of “Sesame Street,” and was hired as a new cast member for the third season. Delgado’s casting was part of an initiative to improve the Spanish-language segments of the show, bringing more Latino cast members onto the program. As the kind-hearted shop owner Luis, Delgado would star in “Sesame Street” for 44 years — from 1971 to 2015, and is credited in 428 episodes.
In addition to the neighborhood’s iconic muppets like Big Bird and Elmo, his most frequent scene partner was Sonia Manzano, who portrayed Luis’ girlfriend Maria on the groundbreaking children’s show. The two characters got married in an episode that aired in 1988, and welcomed their daughter Gabi to Sesame Street a year later. On the show, Delgado frequently led Spanish-language learning and Hispanic cultural lessons, and often sang and performed guitar during musical
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Emilio Delgado – known for his role as Luis on the era-spanning children’s show "Sesame Street," has died, Fox News Digital can confirm. He was 81. "We are saddened by the news of Emilio’s passing," Robert Attermann, CEO of A3 Artists Agency told Fox News in a statement on Thursday.
Emilio Delgado has passed away at the age of 81. The Mexican American actor and singer was best known for his role as Luis on “Sesame Street.” For more than 40 years he portrayed the Fix-It Shop owner, entertaining generations of children and families. “A beloved member of the Sesame family for over 50 years, his warmth and humor invited children to share a friendship that has echoed through generations,” Sesame Workshop said of Delgado in a statement to CNN.
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A Sesame Street legend has passed away.
, has died. He was 81.Delgado died on Thursday in New York City, Sesame Workshop confirmed in a statement posted to Twitter.«Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of Emilio Delgado, known the world over for his role as Luis on.
Emilio Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and familiar presence in children's lives and a rare Latino face on American television as fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street,” died Thursday.His wife, Carol Delgado, told The Associated Press that Emilio Delgado died from the blood cancer multiple myeloma at their home in New York. He was 81.As Luis, Delgado, a Mexican American, got to play an ordinary, non-stereotypical Latino character at a time when such depictions were few and far between on TV, for adults or children.“There really wasn’t any representation of actual people,” Delgado said in a 2021 interview on the YouTube series “Famous Cast Words.” "Most of the roles that I went out for were either for bandits or gang members."That changed with “Sesame Street," where a diverse cast interacted with a diverse group of children, along with Jim Henson creations Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo and Grover.Delgado joined the show starting with its third season in 1971.
Emilio Delgado, the actor whose decades-long portrayal of Sesame Street‘s fix-it shop owner Luis Rodriguez endeared him to generations of young viewers and was a pioneering force in TV’s depiction of Mexican-Americans, died in New York City today just more than two years after being diagnosed with the blood cancer multiple myeloma. He was 81.
told TMZ that her husband had been battling blood cancer for the past few years and died surrounded by his family in NYC. The Post has reached out to his rep for confirmation.Delgado — also a stage actor who appeared in several productions of “Sesame Street” — was reportedly working up until his death in a theater run of “Quixote Nuevo.” The Mexican American actor first became a household name playing Luis — the singing owner of the neighborhood “Fix-It Shop” — on the long-running children’s television show in 1971.He remained on the series until 2016 but continued making appearances at conventions for the show.
Emilio Delgado, known as Luis on “Sesame Street”, has died at 81.