'Sesame Street' Star Emilio Delgado Dies at 81 | Mexican-American Actor's Cause of Death Revealed
Mexican-American actor Emilio Delgado, best known for his role as Luis Rodriguez on "Sesame Street," died Thursday at age 81.
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Mexican-American actor Emilio Delgado, best known for his role as Luis Rodriguez on "Sesame Street," died Thursday at age 81.
(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.
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.
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 \
As Luis, Delgado, a Mexican American, got to play an ordinary, non-stereotypical Latino character at a time when few such roles existed on TV.