Count von Count is a hand-rod puppet originally performed by Jerry Nelson and currently performed by Matt Vogel. The Count began as a parody of Bela Lugosi’s film portrayal of the vampire Count ...

Oct. 9 is the designated birthday for Count von Count, the beloved "Sesame Street" puppet who has been reciting numbers on the children's television show since 1972.

Sesame Street’s Count von Count has become an election meme as tallies in key states drag on “You can’t stop the Count,” people tweeted at President Trump on Thursday.

I'm sure written out in digits, the Count would have noticed his mistake. That's why we have digits, after all -- something surely the Count appreciates more than just about anyone.

As a child, Riley LeBon was terrified of Count von Count on “Sesame Street.” Last week, the now-third-year University of Virginia student helped puppeteer the numbers-obsessed vampire with Muppet ...

The voice of “Sesame Street’s” Count von Count has died.Jerry Nelson, who voiced the friendly vampire who taught children how to count, died on Thursday of unspecified causes at the age of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to ...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who played Count von Count on Sesame Street from 1970-2009, passed away Friday. No cause of death was given. He was 78.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Count von Count on PBS' "Sesame Street," has died. Sesame Workshop says Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, died Thursday night in his ...