Andy Griffith dies at age 86 :(

[Racerboy]

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I used to watch "The Andy Griffith Show" as a kid, even though it was from the 60s, they would always replay episodes.

Actor Andy Griffith died on Tuesday morning in Dare County, North Carolina, reports WITN.com.

Griffith was best known for his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show,” which ran from 1960 to 1968, and later known for his role as a criminal defense lawyer on "Matlock," which ran from 1986 to 1995. The actor was honored with the the TV Land Legend Award in 2004, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2005. Griffith was also a singer and musician, and his 1996 album "I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns" went platinum.

The television icon had been dealing with health issues for years. In 1983, Griffith was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome -- a disorder that affects the nervous system.

"Guillain-Barré has left me with permanent pain in both feet, but like an unwelcome guest, it isn't so bad when I stop paying attention to it. Challenges and pain will continue all my life, I know, but with Cindi at my side to remind me to accept God's grace, I'll go forward and continue to work with love and happiness," he told Guideposts magazine in 1996.

In May 2000, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery after suffering a heart attack.

He is survived by wife Cindi and his daughter Dixie. Son Andrew Jr., known as Sam, died in 1996, reports MSNBC.

In her own statement issued on Tuesday, Cindi Griffith said, "Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord. He is the love of my life, my constant companion, my partner, my best friend. I cannot imagine life without Andy, but I take comfort and strength in God's Grace and in the knowledge that Andy is at peace and with God."

RIP Andy, will always remember you :(

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[Kobewarrior]

Oh so that's who he was.
That show was cool. :x

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[Pixel]

Used to watch this on TV Land :(

[Regablith]

OffTopic:
86 is a good age to die at

OnTopic:
:(

[wound]

It's all sad and stuff but this is lol.

but I take comfort and strength in God's Grace and in the knowledge that Andy is at peace and with God.

Oh well i'm not going to criticize. one's beliefs.

RIP Andy.

[BanishedLetters]

is it a bad thing a lot of the news i hear comes from here

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At least he lived a long life. I love The Andy Griffith show.

[Planr]

Andy Griffith was awesome. I'm gonna miss him :(

but its nice to know i'll see him again someday! :D i just hope i can get an autograph of william shatner or leonard nimoy before they die...

[Alyx Vance]

:C
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*sad face*

He will be missed.

[indyjones]

I was sad ;_;

now I am happy because there should be no foul play in his death :)

[TeslaCoil]

It's all sad and stuff but this is lol.
Oh well i'm not going to criticize. one's beliefs.

RIP Andy.

Forums are never complete without someone like you who has to single it out all the time.

[Qwepir]

I know this guy was popular and had a TV show named after him, but was that it? Not that its made any less sad that he's gone, I'm just wondering what he did to become famous.

Oh well i'm not going to criticize. one's beliefs.

Instead, you'll point it out and leave it there for bolder people than you to tear it apart.
Filthy coward.

[Racerboy]

I know this guy was popular and had a TV show named after him, but was that it? Not that its made any less sad that he's gone, I'm just wondering what he did to become famous.
Instead, you'll point it out and leave it there for bolder people than you to tear it apart.
Filthy coward.

Watch the TV show, just a couple episodes... :(