If Jim Henson had gone to the hospital, just a day earlier, he would still be with us. Don’t wait if you feel really sick. Go to the hospital.

If Jim lived longer, imagine the ideas he'd still be doing.

The fact that Jim Henson only lived to be 53 baffles me. He did things that anyone else would’ve accomplished in twice his lifetime. I believe he is worthy of the Medal of Freedom for his contributions to America and entertainment

Jim Henson died 32 years ago today. He was only 53 years old. Imagine how different the world would be if he had kept making movies, TV shows, books and toys until he was 80 years old.

I was 10 when Henson died. I didn’t fully grasp the magnitude of his loss until I became a dad myself years later. There’s simply no one else like him. Nobody has ever been able to replace him…and never will. Thank you Jim for making my childhood so special. I was one of the lucky ones to experience his brilliance at its pinnacle.

I hope everyone's remembers every child hood memory and never forget it.

I was 5 when he died and was still aware of his passing then. That’s how popular and well known the muppets were at that time. Rest well, Mr. Henson.

Pneumonia really is no joke, I had it for the very first time this past fall and I’m 31. At first they thought I just had bronchitis, but discovered it was actually pneumonia while listening to my chest. Luckily it was still in the very early stages so it was more or less like walking pneumonia I had, but I still felt really sick with it. So glad I got on the antibiotic when I did, felt a lot better within a day or two. Anytime myself or a loved one of mine gets sick like this, I always think of Jim Henson’s story which encourages me to seek medical care right away. Maybe Henson’s story was left as a little reminder to all of us to please remember to take care of ourselves when we fall ill, or it can have tragic consequences unfortunately. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I wasn't born yet at the time. But if I was around in 1990, I would've broken down in tears hearing that Jim Henson died. I am truly a Muppet fan since my childhood. I couldn't believe he passed away way too soon. RIP Mr. Jim Henson

The day that Jim Henson died my husband and I wept all day long. We were and still are huge Muppets fans. A world without Muppets is a world I don’t want to live in.

I was 4 years old and my moms had to explain death to me when Jim Henson died.

I remember as a 7 year old kid waking up to the sad news Jim Henson died. We miss you very much.

What memories of when my son was a baby. Rest in peace, Jim Henson. You were such a good person.

Jim Henson had been taken away from us WAY too early 😢😢

Jim Henson may be gone but his legacy is still going strong today

Jim Henson died long before I was around, but I can only imagine the grief everyone felt of his passing. May his legacy live on for all time.

It was a loss. Emmet otters jug band had me hooked when I was a kid. I'm 50 now and the kid comes out in me everytime I see Muppets. RIP. Mr. Henson. Thank you

That was one of the gentlest sad days of my life. It kind of built over the day. I miss him to this day.

Died at 53. I guess the good really do die the young. Growing up in the 70’s, Sesame Street and Muppet Show were huge. I love ❤️ you Jim

Still crying about this now. He was a Gem!

I miss him more every year he’s gone….he’d be 85 had he survived….always go to the doctor…never wait….

I can't lie, i was getting through it pretty well until the interview with those kids at the end. That got some tears, I can't lie. He had an undeniable positive impact on all of pop-culture, and he's still missed 3 decades later, even by people like me who weren't even born during his life.

He would still be alive today.

Reelz's Autopsy should do an episode on this! The sad irony is that Disney World special aired the day he died! Also Jim Henson dead, John Tesh still alive!

Love you Jimmy! You were a genius! You will never be forgotten

My mom couldn't believe it when she heard this

Jim would still have plenty to work with had he lived to witness how much his work has evolved for a new generation of young kids.

I didn't realize he made the "live" action Ninja Turtles also. He had the Muppets, Sesame Street, Labyrinth, the original Star Wars trilogy and several other projects. If only he had gotten to the hospital a day earlier. He might still be making magic

If they should do a biopic of Jim Henson's Life, They Should Let Christian Bale Do It or Ed Norton.

Wrong stuff here! Corrects errors: 1; The reporter are talking about Jim’s wife, but footage of Jim’s daugther is shown (at 1:43). And 2; The reporter mentions Miss Piggy as a Muppet cast of Sesame Street (at 2:46). That’s wrong, Miss Piggy was never on Sesame Street. That was The Muppet Show.

By 1990, before he died, had completed production on the television special The Muppets at Walt Disney World and the Disney-MGM Studios attraction Muppet*Vision 3D and he was developing film ideas and a television series entitled Muppet High.

It was and never will be same with out him. He definitely will always be apart of my life journey and missed 🙏🏾🥲❤

Today is the day learned Jim Henson died I never knew

I'm sorry for Jim. When I was a kid no one never told me anything so I grew up and thought things on my own

I remember watching the 2011 Muppets movie in theaters and to this day I still remember how great it was. His vision lives on forever. His innocence and fantasy lives on in all of us. Rest in peace forever legend. The world misses you.

I remember hearing this and being very upset. If it weren't for him, i would probably still be in kindergarten. He left behind a legacy that is quite u ique. And interesting. We share the same birthday. I loved sesame Street and the muppets. He will be remembered.

I was 9 1/2 years old when Jim Henson passed away

Anyone else crying

I can already picture children crying in their parent’s arms being confronted when they heard about his unexpected death

RIP Jim Henson (1936-1990)

Rest in peace Jim Henson

He’s been gone well over 30 years and he would still only be 86.

Why wouldn't he go to the hospital. It's sad that he would have lived if he was treated just a couple of hours earlier. I read that he suggested to his wife that he might be dying, but he did not want to take time off from his schedule to visit a hospital.

R.I.P Jim Henson 1930s-1990

I remember my mom breaking the news to me 😢 gone way too soon.

Loved Jim Henson.

on this day 33 years ago, jim henson the creator of muppets had died at the age of 53

Henson would never have had the success he had then today. Better times for artists

Now we have weird sounding Muppets.

Long Live his Spirit. his Love, and his Muppets.

I feel 50 is the bare minimum to have lived a full life. Henson achieved far more than most will accomplish in however long the might live. We had him for a good stretch of time, and Humanity is proven worthy with the likes of he.

Rest easy Jim Henson you will be missed

The play at the end was a prototype for "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson", change my mind.

1:27 is actually incorrect. He said it was just something he made up.

Not easy Being green 😢😢😭😭

34 years ago today.

RIP 🪦 Jim Henson

Damn, that was 2 years before I was born!😮

There are quite a few errors in these reports.

As much as it sucks that Jim had to die so young, I think it stings even harder that these reports associated him predominantly with Sesame Street, knowing that he spent the last 20 years of his life trying to shake off the reputation as a children’s performer that the show gave him. Even when Kermit gets mentioned in them, it’s usually in some form of context regarding Sesame Street. And I like Sesame Street, don’t get me wrong, I respect the hell out of it. But it’s horrible to me that all his efforts that included The Muppet Show, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, etc became all for nothing in the long run - with a lot of the media continuing to hyperfocus on him supposedly being just “The Sesame Street guy” while paying only the briefest of lip service to literally anything else

Jim Henson is a spirit and heart too big.

We don't do stuff like this anymore.

If anyone in the comments section knew Jim Henson, please, tell me what he was like, or what you thought of him/his work. I'd truly love to know.

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0:30 lil Raven!!!

All kid will be sad

If Jim Henson was still alive, Sesame Street would be a lot different like it is now

and his widow died in 2013

I was 28 when he died!

Wow

3:41 The deal fell apart because he died.

The day he died was a HORRIBLE day as Sammy Davis Jr. also died that day

He sold it for so little imagine how much it would cost today

Sesame street is still on the air today.

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0:33 My Birth

If there were three people I could make get a full fulfilling life and not taken from us so soon, I'd choose George Carlin, Robin Williams and Jim Henson.

Animation look back: the muppets brought me here.

Why? Anybody but Jim Henson.

150 million... and that couldn't save his life.

My 5th birthday

4:38 no Joan gang coney created the streets. Henson created the puppet designs

I go by the Jim Henson studios in Hollywood all the time, and it looks like willy wonka's chocolate factory to me.

Thank You Jim Henson for creating the Muppets

I WAS BORN 13 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH

Codenamed the king of puppets.

Presbyterian hospital is much better.

Jim died of organ failure

so basically jim had some form of corona

It was all because of the Christian Science he was mind poisoned from ☹️

Did he have aids a lot of aids patients develop pneumonia

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