I remember Henson died the same day Sammy Davis Jr. died. When Sammy died, no one was surprise because he was sick for a year and it was slow painful death. But when we heard on Jim Henson died, it was a shock. My grandmother said that famous quote, "They always died in two's" Like when Johnny Cash died on September 2003, it wasn't a shock but on the same newscast, they said John Ritter died, it was in disbelief. O.K. I'm going off topic here but yes it was a sad day that Henson left us too soon.