Bob McGrath
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Bob McGrath, when he was big in Japan. |
Bob McGrath, SCM, (born
July 11,
1933 in
Ottawa, Illinois) is a singer who worked with
Mitch Miller then went on to play the human character "Bob" on
Sesame Street.
With Susan, played by
Loretta Long, Bob has been the longest lasting human character, and one of the most popular, on that show, leading to a
Noggin segment proclaiming "the four decades of Bob" when promoting Sesame Street on that network.
McGrath is a
1954 graduate of the
University of Michigan's School of Music. While attending Michigan, he was a member of the
University of Michigan Men's Glee Club.
For almost 30 years, McGrath has been a regular fixture on
Telemiracle, a
Saskatchewan telethon, and the Queen awarded him the
Saskatchewan Centennial Medal for this work on March 3, 2006.[
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Bob McGrath's official website
