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Puppeteer

Cecil Singleton, right, listens as his lawyer Jeff Herman, left, speak during a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 in New York. Singleton, 24, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kevin Clash, the voice of Sesame Street's "Elmo" character, accusing Clash of engaging in sexual behavior with him over a two-week period while he was underage. Clash resigned Tuesday from “Sesame Street” amid a second allegation that he sexually abused underage boys. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Elmo left behind on 'Sesame Street' as Kevin Clash exits

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Even on 'Sesame Street,' where everything is famously A-OK, problems can arise for its residents.
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Questions about Elmo young fans won't ask

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The happy band of Muppets on 'Sesame Street' has faced the sort of hot spotlight you might expect for the rowdies of 'Jersey Shore'....
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This Jan. 24, 2011 photo shows "Sesame Street" muppet Elmo and puppeteer Kevin Clash poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film "Being Elmo" in Park City, Utah.  (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

Man who accused Kevin Clash of teen sex recants

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with him when he was a teen now says it isn't so...
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Kevin Clash arrives at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors held at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Tran/Getty Images)

Emails between Elmo puppeteer and accuser are leaked

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Now that alleged emails between Clash and his accuser have been leaked the performer may be under even more scrutiny
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Kevin Clash arrives at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors held at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Tran/Getty Images)

Elmo puppeteer accused of sex with teenage boy

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Kevin Clash, the celebrated and successful puppeteer behind Sesame Street's beloved Elmo character, has been accused of a having sex with an underage teenage boy, according to TMZ...
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Kevin Clash and Elmo

TheGrio's 100: Kevin Clash gives Elmo a voice

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - If you told someone the voice of Elmo belongs to a 51-year-old black man from Baltimore, they'd most likely not believe you...
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Does Gadhafi's fall spell doom for Nation of Islam?

Edward Wyckoff Williams
OPINION - Though Farrakhan has been a relevant voice for three decades, it is now time to hold leaders accountable, uncover the truth and give the power back to the people...
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