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EMILIO DELGADO, LUIS ON ‘SESAME STREET’ FOR 45 YEARS, DIES

By ANDREW DALTONtoday

In this photo provided by Sesame Workshop, Emilio Delgado poses for a picture at
Kaufman Astoria Studios while filming the 50th season of "Sesame Street," in
October 2018. Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and
familiar presence in children's lives and a rare Latino face on American
television as fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street,” died Thursday, March
10, 2022. He was 81. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop via AP)

(AP) — Emilio Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and
familiar presence in children’s lives and a rare Latino face on American
television as fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street,” died Thursday.

His wife, Carol Delgado, told The Associated Press that Emilio Delgado died from
the blood cancer multiple myeloma at their home in New York. He was 81.

As Luis, Delgado, a Mexican American, got to play an ordinary, non-stereotypical
Latino character at a time when such depictions were few and far between on TV,
for adults or children.

“There really wasn’t any representation of actual people,” Delgado said in a
2021 interview on the YouTube series “Famous Cast Words.” “Most of the roles
that I went out for were either for bandits or gang members.”

That changed with “Sesame Street,” where a diverse cast interacted with a
diverse group of children, along with Jim Henson creations Big Bird, Oscar the
Grouch, Elmo and Grover.

Delgado joined the show starting with its third season in 1971. He said the
producers embraced his suggestion to sprinkle Spanish terms into the script.

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“The first time that I saw Big Bird walk on, my line was, ‘Big Bird!’” Delgado
said in the 2021 interview. “But I didn’t say ‘Big Bird,’ I said, ‘pájaro!’”

After a quick meeting in which Delgado explained that “pájaro” meant “bird,” the
producers decided to keep it in.

“I called him ‘pajaro’ from then on every time I saw him,” Delgado said.

Delgado was born in 1940 in Calexico, California, near the U.S.-Mexico border
and raised a few miles away in Mexicali, Mexico.

From his home, he could hear music into the night from a pair of beer gardens
across the street.

“I remember going to sleep to the sound of mariachis,” he said in a 2011
interview on the public television series, “Up Close with Patsy Smullin.”

He was enchanted, and decided to become a performer, singing whenever possible
and appearing in school plays, with the full support of his proud parents.

As a young man he moved to Los Angeles to become an actor, and had little luck.
He received a call out of the blue from the producers of “Sesame Street” in New
York.

After an interview with “Sesame Street” producer Jon Stone, in which he spoke to
Delgado, but didn’t ask for any kind of audition, he got the job.

“He didn’t want actors,” Delgado said in the 2021 interview. “He wanted real
people.”

He would remain on the show for 45 years, an integral part of the childhood of
generations of children, and for Latino kids a rare character that looked like
them.

“His warmth and humor invited children to share a friendship that has echoed
through generations,” the Sesame Workshop said in a statement Thursday night.
“At the forefront of representation, Emilio proudly laid claim to the ‘record
for the longest-running role for a Mexican-American in a TV series.’ We are so
grateful he shared his talents with us and with the world.”

“Sesame Street” would also allow him to sing regularly, and sometimes play his
guitar.

Luis Rodriguez (the adult characters had last names, though they were rarely
used), would marry the show’s other prominent Latina, Maria Figueroa, played by
Sonia Manzano, in a ceremony on the show in 1988. The storyline allowed the show
to teach children about love, marriage and childbirth.

“Luis and Maria were the first Latinos I ever saw on TV,” Rosy Cordero, a
television reporter for Deadline, said on Twitter. “They were a huge part of my
family. They paved the way.”

He would leave the show when his contract was not renewed during a retooling in
2016.

Figueroa made frequent appearances in the theater and on other TV series during
his time as Luis.

He played a recurring character on the newspaper drama “Lou Grant” from 1979 to
1982, and made multiple appearances on “Quincy M.E.,” “Falcon Crest,” and “Law &
Order: Criminal Intent.”

His death was first reported by TMZ.

Delgado was diagnosed with multiple myeloma late in 2020, but was still making
appearances and giving interviews in 2021, until his health started to decline.

___

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