Richard Hunt
- Born
- 1951 · The Bronx.
- Died
- 1992 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · marionetteist · musician · director
- Languages
- English
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- 1.Richard Hunt; Puppeteer for Sesame Street, Muppet Show. Los Angeles Times. January 11, 1992.
- 2.Alfred A. Knopf. Of Muppets and Men: The Making of the Muppet Show. 79–85. 1981. 978-0-394-52085-8.
- 3.Richard Hunt; Puppeteer, 40. The New York Times. D-23. January 9, 1992.
- 4.Stein, Jessica Max. A Chat with Richard Hunt's Mother. Tough Pigs: Muppet Fans Who Grew Up. January 7, 2010.
- 5.Finch, Christopher. Jim Henson: The Works. Random House. 58. 1993. 0-679-41203-4.
- 6.Stein, Jessica Max. The Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer. The Bilerico Project. March 17, 2011.
- 7.Kalman, Victor. Jerseyan looks beyond the world of Muppets. The Star-Ledger. 15. 1981-09-21.
- 8.Falk, Karen. Ask Henson. Archivesccc. The Jim Henson Company.
- 9.Soberman, Matthew. Great Muppeteer Duos: Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt. Tough Pigs: Muppet Fans Who Grew Up. June 26, 2014.
- 10.Kaiser, Charles. The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America. Grove Press. 311. 1997. 978-0-395-65781-2.
- 11.Baume, Matt. Richard Hunt: The Gay Man Behind the Muppets. July 25, 2021.
- 12.Davis, Amanda. Richard Hunt at Reeves Teletape Studios. NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. October 2019.
- 13.Stein, Jessica Max. The Swashbuckling Babysitter: An Interview with Ernie Capeci. April 28, 2012.
- 14.Mark Hamill Chat Transcript. The Bothan Spy. November 7, 2003.
- 15.Interactive AIDS Quilt. National AIDS Memorial.
- 16.Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography. Rutgers University Press.
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