LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bob Baker, the founder of one of America’s oldest puppet theaters, has died. He was 90.
Baker’s biographer, Gregory Williams, says the puppeteer died at his Los Angeles home early Friday. The cause of death was kidney failure.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater captivated generations of children and adults with its ornate wooden puppets and props.
Baker discovered puppetry as a child and described being immediately transformed. At an early age he began constructing his own puppets and performing. He worked in animation for Walt Disney and others before opening his own theater company.
He performed until he was 86 and began having physical difficulties.