# RIP Bob McGrath

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075 "2022-12-06T02:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075/1 "2022-12-06T02:20:17Z")

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Bob McGrath from Sesame Street has passed away. He was 90.

Feels like my childhood grew old and died.

> **[Bob McGrath, original 'Sesame Street' cast member, dead at 90 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/04/entertainment/bob-mcgrath-obit/index.html)**
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> Bob McGrath, an actor who played the friendly neighbor Bob Johnson as an original cast member of the beloved children's program "Sesame Street," has died, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop shared on social media.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075/2 "2022-12-06T02:32:25Z")

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Saskatchewan mourns Bob.

> **['Big, wide-open heart': Bob McGrath remembered fondly for work with Telemiracle](https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/big-wide-open-heart-mcgrath-remembered-fondly-for-work-with-telemiracle/wcm/8da5777f-fc52-44a5-8d84-b2e395a4be05/amp/)**
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> "He did it because he loved it. It was just so wonderful to see him become so attached to Saskatchewan.”

Appeared for forty years in Telemiracle, the annual fundraiser for kids with medical needs.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075/3 "2022-12-06T02:59:42Z")

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It’s the people that you meet  
When you’re walking down the street

Hope he went to a better neighbourhood.  
Lovely man.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075/4 "2022-12-06T03:06:06Z")

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This hurts. Between him and Jason David Frank, the Green Ranger, my childhood is dying in 2022.

I sang “Keep Christmas with You”, _a capella,_ last year as a solo in church the Sunday after Christmas.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sd5PEVKuAro/maxresdefault.jpg "Sesame Street: Keep Christmas With You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5PEVKuAro)