Jim Henson and his "Muppet" Kermit the Frog pose at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on June 8, 1982. Neilson Barnard, Getty Images for The Muppets Studio.

Henson, chairman of the Jim Henson Company named after his late father who created The Muppets, opened up to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, July 17, about Whitmire’s contentious exit.

Jim Henson’s most famous creation, Kermit the Frog, took the stage at an independently organized TED event in Jackson, Mississippi on Thursday.

Two of “The Muppets” creator Jim Henson's children are speaking out about fired Kermit the Frog puppeteer Steve Whitmire. Whitmire was fired from his position as the performer of Kermit by ...

A new video on YouTube brings together three characters that Jim Henson created, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, and Gobo Fraggle. It’s a rare thing to see characters from different TV series ...

“Muppets” creator Jim Henson’s daughter sounded off on the firing of Steve Whitmire, who had been playing Kermit the Frog since 1990. In a Facebook post she said the recasting “is long ...

APHarry the Hipster, left, and the original Kermit, along with other early puppets of Jim Henson, are donated to the Smithsonian Institution, during a ceremony at the National Museum of American ...

Kermit the Frog Puppeteer: My Firing ‘Was Exactly the Same Feeling’ as Hearing Jim Henson Died By Megan French July 25, 2017 TOP STORIES ...

Comments Jim Henson’s Daughter Fired Kermit The Frog Actor For His “Bitter, Angry, Depressed” Performance By Dino-Ray Ramos, Deadline Published July 18, 2017, 6:34 p.m. ET Photo: Getty Images ...

The actor and puppeteer succeeded Muppets creator Jim Henson as Kermit after Henson passed away in 1990. In addition, he performed as Ernie, Rizzo, Beaker, Statler and Wembley Fraggle.

A Kermit the Frog puppet created by Jim Henson himself and the original Howdy Doody puppet from the late 1940s. They will be on display from Friday, January 17 through late March 2020.