Emilio Delgado, the actor who for greater than 4 many years performed Luis the handyman on the beloved kids’s tv present “Sesame Road,” died on Thursday at his house in New York Metropolis. He was 81.
The trigger was the blood most cancers a number of myeloma, which Mr. Delgado had been battling since December 2020, his agent, Renee Glicker, mentioned.
Over a span of 44 years on “Sesame Road,” Mr. Delgado’s character was the proprietor of The Repair-It Store, the place he repaired any objects that wanted fixing, like image frames or big toasters. Luis was joined within the store by Maria, performed by Sonia Manzano. After an on-screen courtship, the characters married in a extensively seen episode of this system in 1988.
The wedding of Maria and Luis was trigger for celebration among the many kids who had been studying numbers and letters — and about worldly ideas like loss of life and variety — from “Sesame Road.” Mother and father dressed their kids of their fancy garments for viewing events. Moms cried because the ceremony unfolded.
The union, which adopted 5 months of hugging, serenading and pizza-sharing, was additionally a method to educate younger kids about love. The 2 characters had been mates and companions on the store for 10 years, however their emotions began to vary after they cared for a sick kitten.
“Since youngsters see love when it comes to bodily issues like kissing, hugging, giving flowers, we confirmed Maria and Luis doing lots of that,” mentioned Ms. Manzano, who additionally wrote for the present, informed The New York Instances in 1988.
“We wished to point out a pair who’re good to one another and have enjoyable collectively,” she mentioned.
A full obituary is being ready.