Was the puppeteer behind the ogre Sweetums Had a wife and two daughters Served as a shareholder and board member of The Jim Henson Company John Paul Henson followed his father, Muppets creator Jim ...

Everyone’s got a favourite Muppet. Probably even Michael Gove has one. But as Kermit and co’s new adventure Muppets Most Wanted hits the screen, it’s time to consider the members of the team who ...

Whatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the talent behind all your favorite Muppets, and some you’ve forgotten, on The Muppet Show? “Dad, what’s a Muppet?” “Well ...

Puppeteer John Henson, the youngest son of the late Muppets creator Jim Henson who performed as the nine-foot-tall ogre Sweetums for many years, died Friday after a heart attack. He was 48. John ...