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Andy Griffith dead at 86
MSN ^ | 7/3/12 | Tim Molloy

Posted on 07/03/2012 11:05:01 AM PDT by Kartographer

The Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie said that Griffith died at about 7 a.m. "Mr. Griffith passed away this morning at his home peacefully and has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island," Doughtie read from a family statement.

With his slow drawl and penchant for playing characters who wore their decency like a badge in shows like "The Andy Griffith Show," the actor came to personify small-town values, with the emphasis on family and community. He was, in many ways, America's sheriff.

He first came to prominence on Broadway in the 1950s in the Army comedy "No Time for Sergeants" and the musical version of "Destry Rides Again."

He reprised his country bumpkin role in "Sergeants" for the 1958 film version, earning rave reviews and propelling the film to the top of that year's box office.

(Excerpt) Read more at tv.msn.com ...


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I say the last one to leave the town of Mayberry turn the light off, but I am afraid Mayberry has been empty for years.
1 posted on 07/03/2012 11:05:04 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

Rare vocal version of The Andy Griffith Show Theme Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9BvKREK1rU


2 posted on 07/03/2012 11:05:59 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Not Again!


3 posted on 07/03/2012 11:06:59 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
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“but I am afraid Mayberry has been empty for years”

Yes, and too bad for our children that that is true.

Andy, RIP


4 posted on 07/03/2012 11:07:45 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Kartographer

The IPAB death panel declined to comment, but did appreciate Andy leaving early.


5 posted on 07/03/2012 11:08:22 AM PDT by biggredd1
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“...to personify small-town values, with the emphasis on family and community...”

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The very things Griffith’s beloved RaceMarxist and his band of talentless, unaccomplished Ivy League Commies, are relentlessy attacking every day.


6 posted on 07/03/2012 11:11:53 AM PDT by EyeGuy (Armed, judgmental, fiscally responsible heterosexual.)
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I guess old Andy won’t be getting the chance to use ObamaCare.It’s probably best for him that the death panels weren’t needed.


7 posted on 07/03/2012 11:14:33 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie said...With one bullet in his shirt pocket.
8 posted on 07/03/2012 11:15:44 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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