Medical Definition of suppression. : an act or instance of suppressing: asa: stoppage of a bodily function or a symptom suppression of urine secretion suppression of a coughb: the failure of development of a bodily part or organc: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feelingâcompare repression 2a.
He was 53 years old. Jim Henson died from septic shock, aka sepsis, aka toxic shock syndrome. There are so many names for sepsis it can be confusing, but all these names mean the same thing; it is the bodyâs overreaction to an infection, in Jim Hensonâs case it was Group A streptococcus.
Henson's co-puppeteer was the woman who would later become his wife, Jane Nebel. The two wed on May 28, 1959. Of the cast of characters created for this series, only Kermit would remain as a major figure with Jim Henson for later productions.