Sesame Workshop Co-Founder Lloyd Morrisett Dead at 93

Sesame Workshop co-founder (*93*)Lloyd Morrisett, who famously obtained the ball rolling on “Sesame Street,” is useless.

Lloyd died Monday, in accordance with Sesame Workshop, however a reason behind dying has not been revealed.

Back in 1968, Lloyd and (*93*)Joan Ganz Cooney created Children’s Television Workshop, the group that created the revolutionary TV present, “Sesame Street.” CTW has since rebranded to Sesame Workshop.

Cooney says there could be no “Sesame Street” with out Lloyd, as a result of … “It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and numbers.”

The thought began in December 1965, when Lloyd seen how engaged his 3-year-old daughter Sarah was with the household TV set … inflicting him to surprise if the medium could possibly be used to teach children. He posed the query to Cooney at a cocktail party just a few months later they usually finally discovered the reply with “Sesame Street.”

Sesame Workshop is remembering Lloyd as “a wise, thoughtful, and above all kind leader” … who was “fascinated by the power of technology and constantly thinking about new ways it could be used to educate.”

Lloyd was 93.