March 17, 1993. Pennsylvania farmer Wystan Slurve releases a poorly focused camcorder tape of what appears to be Barney, the impossibly cheerful PBS purple dinosaur, killing wild deer and domestic ...

Barney the television dinosaur has been given a reprieve from extinction, and he may end up being saved. Nothing is sure yet, but producers of the “Barney & Friends” public-television show for ...

With the magnetism of Elvis and the personality of Mr. Rogers, a new mega-star of children`s entertainment has burst onto the scene. He is a giggling, galumphing, purple and green dinosaur called ...

Barney the Dinosaur gets 1,500 fan letters a week, and he hasn’t even been on TV. Until now. The singing purple dinosaur, star of eight “Barney & the Backyard Gang” videotapes since 1988, came to PBS ...

He’s purple and green, soft and round, 6-feet-4-inches tall — and he’s the hottest thing in children’s TV. After only seven months on the air, Barney the dinosaur, star of PBS’ “Barney & Friends,” is ...

David Joyner, 61, was the actor behind the iconic purple dinosaur Barney and spent over 10 years playing the character from ...

He has a fixed, goofy grin, a pudgy green belly and bright yellow toenails that clash with his purple “skin.” And with a 6-foot-tall body mounted on short, plump legs, he moves with a clunky waddle.

He spent his workdays in the ”lonesomest spot in the world.” Yet he seemed always to be in the spotlight. He had the instincts of a gambler, but the gentle compassion of a social worker. Lem Barney, ...