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Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.
Jim Henson
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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
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Puppeteer
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Television Director
Television Producer
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Greenville
Mississippi
James Maury Henson
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I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.
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Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.
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