Bob McGrath In Memoriam  
ACTOR & SINGER

Robert Emmett McGrath (June 13, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American actor, musician, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the long-running educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2017.

Bob felt strongly that it is important to expose children to all the arts, and to offer them the experience of listening and seeing live music and dance. Over the past 45 years, he developed a wide variety of family, educational, and holiday concerts featuring both small bands and full orchestras. He’s appeared with more than 100 symphony orchestras and invited local children to sing and dance in his musical productions. Hundreds of thousands of people have attended his concerts, and anyone who has been to one of his family pops shows will remember the thrill of singing Rubber Duckie with a full symphony orchestra.