MOVIES - May 22, 1990

Disney to Move Forward With Henson Deal: Despite the unexpected death of Muppets creator Jim Henson, Walt Disney Co. plans to go through with its pending purchase of Henson Associates Inc. “I don’t see any reason why the sale won’t go through,” Erwin Okun, a Disney spokesman, said Monday. “It will be temporarily delayed to allow for an appropriate mourning period.” Okun did not disclose when the deal is scheduled to be completed. Henson, who died at age 53 last Wednesday of bacterial pneumonia, was buried Monday in New York.