At the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, memories resurfaced of Barney's infamous 1997 balloon collapse—still remembered as 'the day that Barney died'.

On November 27, 1997, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade became infamous for those who witnessed the chaos firsthand, thanks to a perfect storm of comically oversized balloons, brutal winds, and ...

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long-standing holiday tradition, with children’s favorite cartoon, movie and TV characters inflated to the size of office buildings and strutted down the ...

The level of vitriol and hatred that humanity has leveled toward Barney the Dinosaur is unprecedented -especially when you consider that he’s designed to bring joy and teach inclusiveness and love to ...

While the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual delight, a previous "tragedy" on the parade route involving Barney the Dinosaur has resurfaced online. The incident occurred in the 1997 parade ...

Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in the public consciousness, inspiring fond memories as well as ironic nostalgia. But as ...

This Thanksgiving, we pay tribute to our fallen balloons, floats, and performers over the years. Oof, that sounded grim. To be clear, no Macy’s parade performers have “fallen” in the death sense of ...

It was a scene almost straight out of the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" — or maybe even "Godzilla." A giant, inflatable figure of the purple children's character Barney got out of its handlers' control, ...

In November 1997, Barney the Dinosaur was stabbed to death by the New York City Police Department. If you’re thinking this is the start of a dark and gritty fanfiction, I can assure you there is ample ...