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Note... last month but only reported now
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Children's TV Legend Tony Saletan Has Died
Tony Saletan, the beloved folk singer who helped revive "Kumbaya" and was the first-ever musical guest on Sesame Street, has passed away.
Saletan died peacefully on August 26 in Tacoma, Washington, according to
his online obituary. He was 94.
Tony Saletan, born on June 29, 1931, in New York City, was the second of
two children. He attended the Walden School and earned degrees in social relations and music education from Harvard University. After living in Greater Boston, he later relocated to the Tacoma area.
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Saletan made history as the first person to appear on Boston's WGBH
Channel 2 when it launched in 1955.
"We didn't think of ourselves as pioneers at the time," Saletan told The
Sun Chronicle in 2016. "That didn't occur to us until much later." He also recalled that the station was initially only on air from 5:30 to 10 p.m
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On December 16, 1969, Saletan appeared in episode 27 of Sesame Street as
the iconic show's first musical guest. In his first segment, he led the cast, including Big Bird and Oscar, in two songs: "So Merry, So Merry Are We" and "Ten Little Angels."