John Henson, son of Muppets founder, dies at 48 (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDjhMozOe0tBbKB1nLBpEv1KknjpOIGKDH1pOyPJ7FJxCUFi1al9xMNaPyDyQ11ykX9dpHY1SRG6TtQ_c5gaxtEZriadeqaBUWpeyeXbrpj0MlKykB_5nIUlJ7VSc8uKYhU7Jr_iPfN0/s1600/mup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDjhMozOe0tBbKB1nLBpEv1KknjpOIGKDH1pOyPJ7FJxCUFi1al9xMNaPyDyQ11ykX9dpHY1SRG6TtQ_c5gaxtEZriadeqaBUWpeyeXbrpj0MlKykB_5nIUlJ7VSc8uKYhU7Jr_iPfN0/s1600/mup.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/john-henson-PECLB0000006876.topic" id="PECLB0000006876" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="John Henson">John Henson</a>, who occasionally performed as a puppeteer in the Muppets troupe his father founded, died Friday of a heart attack at his home in upstate New York. He was 48 and did not have a history of heart trouble, his sister Cheryl said.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="p402_premium" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="padding: 0px;">His father, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/jim-henson-PECLB000002473.topic" id="PECLB000002473" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Henson">Jim Henson</a>, also died young: He was 53 when he died of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/pneumonia-HEDAI0000061.topic" id="HEDAI0000061" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> in 1990.</div><div style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;">John Henson sometimes performed as Sweetums, a large, hairy Muppet who towered over other puppets and humans. Henson played the character for a while at a Muppets movie/live-action attraction at Disney World, where he would suddenly run into the audience near the end to screams of delight from fans, said Brian Jay Jones, whose biography on Jim Henson came out last year.</div><div style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;">John Henson was on the board of Jim Henson Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, but he had little to do with the day-to-day operation of the company.</div><div style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;">"He was more of an artist," Jones said. "He renovated a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse, making every surface in the house interesting and beautiful.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">"He had his dad's mentality in that he was so detail oriented."</div><div style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;">Henson is survived by his wife, Gyongyi; daughters Katrina and Sydney; sisters Lisa, Heather and Cheryl; and brother Brian.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">His mother, Jane Henson, died last year of cancer at age 78.</div></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />-LATimes</span>

John Henson, son of Muppets founder, dies at 48 (BLOG)

John Henson , who occasionally performed as a puppeteer in the Muppets troupe his father founded, died Friday of a heart attack at his home ...

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