Tom Tichenor

American puppet creator, puppeteer and author. Born February 10, 1923 in Decatur, Alabama, USA. Died November 18, 1992 (age of 69) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA. He became a puppeteer because he was stage-struck and shy. For many years, he performed puppet shows at the Nashville, Tennessee public library. Then he had his own puppet TV show in Nashville before moving to New York and doing other TV shows. He also created the puppets and trained the puppeteer for the hit Broadway musical "Carnival", which starred Anna Marie Alberghetti.