NBC Nightly News - Deaths of Jim Henson and Sammy Davis, Jr. | May 16, 1990

Jim Henson and Sammy Davis, Jr. both passed away on May 16, 1990. NBC Nightly News lead with those reports.
©1990. National Broadcasting Company
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[@lordhistory5209]

32 years later Jim Henson's death still hurts... :(

[@potsdam28]

Sammy’s too

[@ericsamuelson5656]

I remember waking up to the devastating news that Jim Henson died. I was almost done with First Grade when it happened. I miss him to this day.

[@highfiveanimations]

2:32 How is that commercial in high quality in 1990 compared to the grainy copies we get on CZcams today? I guess it’s because of the NBC archives, I don’t know.

[@jeffmarks1996]

in memory of
jim henson

[@chuc5o]

I would like to see Hollywood make a movie about Sammy Davis!

[@SybilKibble]

RIP Jim Henson :(

[@loneranger11976]

I remembered when this happened i was 14 this man was my whole childhood and i grow up with his work. It is the first Hollywood death that broke my heart

[@christopherdrennan5819]

32 years wow, where does time fly?

[@oliverhwd]

Jim Henson was such a superstar. Even the great Sammy Davis Jnr’s death came 2nd to Jim’s that day.

[@MrSean64]

2:33 Wilkins Coffee

[@Scottwilkie18]

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