Editing Jerry Nelson (section)

==Illness and death==
Nelson suffered from [[prostate cancer]], [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], and [[emphysema]].<ref name=LAT>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-sesame-street-puppeteer-jerry-nelson-dies-20120824,0,3396386.story | title = 'Sesame Street' puppeteer Jerry Nelson dies | newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]] | first = Patrick Kevin | last = Day | date = 24 August 2012 | access-date = 25 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2012/08/24/jerry-nelson-dead-muppet-performer_n_1827955.html |title=Jerry Nelson Dead: Muppet Performer Dies At 78 |work=[[moviefone]] |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927001742/http://news.moviefone.com/2012/08/24/jerry-nelson-dead-muppet-performer_n_1827955.html |archive-date=27 September 2012 }}</ref> For the last six years of his life, he required an [[oxygen tank]] to assist his breathing.<ref name="WGBH">{{cite news|url=http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/remembering-muppeteer-jerry-nelson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024082428/http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/remembering-muppeteer-jerry-nelson|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012| title = Remembering Muppeteer Jerry Nelson | last = Corcoran | first = Sean | date = 12 September 2012 | access-date = 18 September 2012 }}</ref> He died on August 23, 2012, at his Cape Cod home from complications of his illnesses at the age of 78.<ref name=LAT /><ref name=WGBH /> Nelson was cremated by Boston's [[Neptune Society]] in [[Weymouth, Massachusetts]]. The film ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'' was dedicated to him and [[Jane Henson]].