'Sesame Street' photographer Olivia loses battle with cancer

From usatoday, Alaina Reed Hall, who may be better known to you as Olivia the photographer on Sesame Street, died on Dec. 17 in Los Angeles after a lengthy fight with breast cancer. She was 63.

Hall, who appeared for a decade on the PBS kids' show starting in 1976, is also remembered for her role as Rose Holloway on the 1985 NBC sitcom 227.