Lloyd N. Morrisett Jr., PhD, the co-creator of pioneering children’s television classic Sesame Street , has died at 93 years of age. The news was shared Monday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the iconic show, which Morrisett co-founded with fellow series creator Joan Ganz Cooney in 1968.
“Without Lloyd Morrisett, there would be no Sesame Street,” Cooney shared in the official Twitter thread. “It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and number. He was a trusted partner and loyal friend to me for over 50 years, and he will be sorely missed.”
Sesame Workshop remembered Morrisett, who received a Philosophy degree form Oberlin College in 1951 before attaining his doctorate in Experimental Psychology from Yale, as leaving “an outsized and indelible legacy among generations of children the world over.” Morrisett had been a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of the org since retiring as chairman of the board in …