there are too many scenes to count with carol spinny as both big bird and oscar, from the very firstries about what sesame street has meant to people. i'm really proud of that. >> at age 84, spinny is ready to pass the torch to his successor. >> it's days like this that make me happy to be a bird! >> a big bird with a big heart. thank you for watching "nightline." and thanks for the company, america. good night.

to savor spinny to rahman had every reason to regret his missed chance after just four minutes because visiting shall come a host pay for the early wastefulness western mckenney grabs his first win this league could go just up to half time. and the dominant visitors soon doubled that lead. in the right place at the right time to knit state. giving in to the mayor saying is that we want to play three games in a week and come away with three wins is not easy we're very very happy for them and some of. the nice weather was paps the best thing about mines is cratchit holmes had to battle in a database of age headed to high flying visitors best chance against the post at the other end of mind see shouts for parents he waved away and second view perhaps harshly. so week after hatters win over by an. the capital club troll reply and. here are the results so far for match day seven byron got handed the business in munich that if any chance failed to gloat by dortmund save their best for last and down out head over head and stuttgart defeat shoko score two down dusseldorf might have to end its

back with no money and hope of returning to their former home anytime soon she says their future spinny. even parents who could afford to hire private tutors for their children are giving up well their mind and we save. our country for the pin down the money into school. now or the saving since god many parents in this new refugee settlement for their children can soon go back to school most have missed classes since they fled their homes last year there is no school here so they will have to rely on nearby schools and the generosity of the local community. should be in our final year of secondary school because of the situation go all to pieces. that will depend on how soon she gets the chance to resume classes in. the united nations and local authorities say they are trying to come up with a plan to help children like frida we have been working with the government of nigeria here to provide additional capacity to the kenyan school that they're having through the settlement so that they accommodate the students in the classroom and we're here to provide the support necessary support to

. >> reporter: 50 years ago, kerry spinny was a puppeteer in search of a purpose when muppet creator jim henson asked him to join his team. >> he said, i'm going to be involved with a new show. ♪ ♪ how to get to sesame street ♪ >> and would you be interested in working with the muppets? >> reporter: in the day-to-day goings on of "sesame street" there needed to be an innocent. >> look at that. see, it's got letters on it. >> reporter: a character without guile. his was a child's voice that came from the beak of an 8'2" bird ♪ he said the world's full of different birds ♪ >> i was one of those kinds of kids that always wanted to do the right thing. that's what big bird's trying to be, a good kid. >> reporter: awkward, flightless and sweet, big bird was the perfect counterpart to oscar the grouch, who was also played by spinney. >> oscar's kind of cool. it's fun to play somebody very different from one's self. on the other hand, big bird is my kid. in some ways, i love him best. >> reporter: he says big bird brought him all over the world, opened his mind, and nurtured his soul. >> la,