Sesame Street's Alaina Reed Has Died at Age 63

Sad news from Sesame Street: actress Alaina Reed-Amini, known for her long-running role on the series as Olivia Robinson, has died after losing her battle with breast cancer. She was 63 years old and in Santa Monica at the time of her death. Reed-Amini joined the Sesame Street gang in 1976 (later you knew her as Rose Lee Holloway on 227) and stayed through 1988; on the show she played the kid sister of Gordon, and sung plenty of tunes...

There are plenty more available on YouTube.

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By Jen Carlson in News on December 22, 2009 5:35 PM

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Wza

Yet Tila Tequila lives on.

:( RIP

DarkGemini

Oh man... this brought me back. Way back.

It's always nice to be reminded of your childhood from time to time. She was most definitely a part of my childhood.

Rest in peace.

Tricksta

How bizarre -- I grew up with the original Sesame Street, and Olivia, David, Gordon, Bob, Susan, et. al. were the big, smart, important grownups who taught me to read, write and count. But looking at this clip now, they look so... young.

And I feel so... old.

Very sorry she's gone. She was part of my childhood. RIP, Alaina. :(

MrManhattan

When Sesame Street first came out, I was around ten or eleven, and I thought I was too "old" for it. Six or Seven years later, I started smoking pot and all of a sudden, those Muppets and all that great music finally made sense!

Great choice of clip, Gothamist!

And RIP Alaina.