He was 81.
“We’re saddened by the information of Emilio’s passing. Emilio was an immense expertise who introduced a lot pleasure and smiles to his followers. He shall be missed by many and we all know his legacy will stay on. Our ideas are along with his family members, together with his spouse, Carole,” Robert Attermann, CEO of A3 Artists Company, instructed CNN in an announcement.
Delgado had remained energetic in theater, starring in “Quixote Nuevo,” a model of “Don Quixote,” earlier than the pandemic struck in early 2020. His in depth stage work included serving as creative director of the Barrio Theatre Ensemble of East Los Angeles.
Nonetheless, he’ll be finest remembered for the favored youngsters’s program. Delgado had cited the PBS present’s significance as a cultural touchstone in the way in which individuals of shade have been depicted on TV.
Past “Sesame Avenue,” Delgado appeared in such sequence as “Legislation & Order,” and early in his profession within the dramas “Lou Grant” and “Falcon Crest.” He additionally co-starred within the 1975 TV film “I Will Battle No Extra Without end,” a real story about Nez Perce Native American chief Chief Joseph.
Delgado was born in Calexico, Calif., however raised by his grandparents on the opposite aspect of the US-Mexican border in Mexicali.