RIP John Henson

*TurtleTitan97* · 02-15-2014, 06:28 PM

John Henson, the son of Muppet creator Jim Henson, has passed away at the age of 48 from a heart attack: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...age-48-2014152

He performed as the Muppet ogre Sweetums from 1996 - 2005.

RIP John

*MikeandRaph87* · 02-15-2014, 07:10 PM

His mom, Jane died less than seven months ago. A shame when its unexpected and not even at 50 with young children.

Rest well,sir.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 02-15-2014, 08:06 PM

This is sad. Does anyone know if Brian Henson is still alive? He took over as Kermit after his father died. And they are coming out with a new Muppets movie.

*NinjaPug* · 02-15-2014, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

This is sad. Does anyone know if Brian Henson is still alive? He took over as Kermit after his father died. And they are coming out with a new Muppets movie.

Yes, Brian Henson is still alive. I don't think he is the puppeteer for Kermit though.

*TigerClaw* · 02-15-2014, 08:34 PM

Very sad news, And too young too. He was 48 and Jim Henson was only 53 when he died.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 02-15-2014, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Yes, Brian Henson is still alive. I don't think he is the puppeteer for Kermit though.

As far as I know- mind you, this was years ago- he took over as the voice. Don't know if he was puppeteering, but I seem to recall that he did both, just as Jim did. Jim's voice-acting was pretty amazing, though Frank Oz did (and still does, I believe) more of the Muppets than he did. Sometimes I wonder how he managed to do so many of them at the same time. (And as a side-note, I learned a lot about the history of the Muppets when I did a biography of Jim Henson in high school. He died only a few years later....)

*Raph's Girl* · 02-15-2014, 10:06 PM

Yeah. Brian's alive and has a new show coming up soon on SyFy.

RIP John Henson!!

*shuriken* · 02-16-2014, 11:13 AM

RIP John Henson

*BubblyShell22* · 02-16-2014, 04:09 PM

RIP, John Henson. You'll be missed.

bigk4062 · 02-16-2014, 09:14 PM

He lived in my home town and did a lot of work for the arts in the community... he was outside playing with his daughter and just collapsed... our thoughts and prayers are with his family

*TheCanadiandrome* · 02-24-2014, 01:45 PM

RIP, John Henson

*Plasticplayhouse* · 04-07-2014, 08:50 AM

wow, i havent heard squat about this on the tv. this is sad, so young...

*TheBlueTurtle1* · 04-07-2014, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

wow, i havent heard squat about this on the tv. this is sad, so young...

Same, I am really shocked

RIP

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 04-12-2014, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Yeah. Brian's alive and has a new show coming up soon on SyFy.

RIP John Henson!!

Would that be the Creature Shop Challenge I've seen advertised? That would be so cool to do!

*Raph's Girl* · 04-13-2014, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Would that be the Creature Shop Challenge I've seen advertised? That would be so cool to do!

Yep. Creature Shop is currently airing on syfy. I haven't seen any eps of it tho... Keep on forgetting its on. :/

02-15-2014, 06:28 PM	#1
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	RIP John Henson John Henson, the son of Muppet creator Jim Henson, has passed away at the age of 48 from a heart attack: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...age-48-2014152 He performed as the Muppet ogre Sweetums from 1996 - 2005. RIP John __________________ Last edited by TurtleTitan97; 02-15-2014 at 06:36 PM.

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