<em>Sesame Street</em>'s Alaina Reed Has Died at Age 63

Jen Carlson

Published Dec 22, 2009

Modified Dec 22, 2009

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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...

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