Co-creator of “Sesame Street” Passes Away at 93

The legendary educational children’s program Sesame Street’s co-creator, Lloyd Morrisett, has passed away at the age of 93.

Morisett, a trained teacher, met with public television producer Joan Ganz Cooney to establish the Children’s Television Workshop in an effort to find ways to educate underprivileged kids.

Sesame Street, the group’s first program and a staple of modern television, debuted in November 1969.