Emilio Delgado with Ernie and Bert in the '90s on Sesame Street Credit - Richard Termine—PBS/Everett Collection Emilio Delgado, who died March 10 at the age of 81, played Luis, the Fix-It Shop owner ...

Sonia Manzano is best known for her long-running role on Sesame Street. She joined the cast of the iconic PBS children’s series in 1971, playing Puerto Rican teen Maria Rodriguez. The character ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sesame Street” is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking kid show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier ...

Legions of kids who grew up watching Sesame Street on PBS know her as "Maria." Now the 65-year-old actress, Sonia Manzano, will be retiring. Manzano made her announcement at the American Library ...

It's the end of an era for "Sesame Street": Sonia Manzano--Maria for more than four decades--is retiring from the beloved children's program. News of Manzano's departure arrived in the form of a tweet ...

Emilio Delgado, the actor whose decades-long portrayal of Sesame Street‘s fix-it shop owner Luis Rodriguez endeared him to generations of young viewers and was a pioneering force in TV’s depiction of ...

Generations of children knew Emilio Delgado as Sesame Street's fix-it shop owner, Luis Rodriguez. This week, Delgado died at age 81, having been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer two years ago. He ...

NEW YORK -- "Sesame Street" is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking children's show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier ...