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On ''Sesame Street'', his character David was studying to be a lawyer, but when Mr. Hooper died, David took over Hooper's Store .

Calloway left the show about a year before his death. He was suffering from drug addiction and Bipolar Disorder . On January 9 , 1990 , Calloway was taken to a psychiatric facility, Stony Lodge Hospital, in Ossining , New York where he went into diabetic shock shortly after his arrival. He was then taken to Phelps Memorial Hospital in North Tarrytown , where he was pronounced dead at the age of 41. He is survived by his wife and their only child.

Unlike Will Lee (Mr. Hooper), no mention of his death was made on ''Sesame Street''.

Calloway was the Leading Player in the original London cast of the musical Pippin .


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