Emilio Delgado — the actor greatest identified, and beloved, for his position as Luis on “Sesame Avenue” — has died … TMZ has realized.
Delgado’s spouse, Carol, tells TMZ he handed away Thursday surrounded by household at his residence in NYC. We’re advised Emilio had just lately been in hospice care … he was recognized with the blood most cancers A number of myeloma in December 2020.
Carol says Emilio was nonetheless a working actor proper up till the pandemic — enjoying the lead in “Quixote Nuevo” — a theater manufacturing that had a 3-city run earlier than issues had been shut down. He additionally just lately did some voiceover work in January 2022.
The beloved Mexican-American actor was a pioneer in youngsters’s tv, enjoying Luis, the ‘Repair-It Store’ proprietor for a complete of 40 years on the ‘Avenue.’ He took a quick hiatus from the present within the late 80s, however returned inside a yr.
He additionally carried out in stay theater all through his profession — together with some “Sesame Avenue” stage productions — and has appeared at varied conventions through the years.
Emilio was 81.
RIP
