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Jane Frances Aaron (April 16, 1948 – June 27, 2015) was an American filmmaker and children's book illustrator, best known for her work on Between the Lions and Sesame Street. Aaron mixed live-action shots and animated images to teach children the alphabet, counting skills, and opposites, such as front and back or full and empty.
Aaron's independent films have been shown at the Whitney Biennial and the Museum of Modern Art. Permanent collections of her work exist at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Walker Art Center. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985.
She died of cancer in Manhattan on June 27, 2015, aged 67. In addition to her husband and son, she was survived by her mother and three siblings.
Personal life
Aaron married Skip Blumberg on January 17, 1988, with whom she had one son, Timothy Aaron.
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