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Updated: Tue 10:16 AM, Jul 03, 2012 BREAKING NEWS: Friend Says Andy Griffith Has Died Former UNC President Bill Friday says Andy Griffith died this morning in Dare County. Friday, who is a close friend of the actor, confirmed that to WITN News. Friday tells us the 86-year-old actor died at his Dare County home around 7:00 a.m. this morning. Griffith attended UNC Chapel Hill where he earned a degree in Music. According to IMDb.com, Griffith was a regular on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1950's.

Much has been made about the deceptive Andy Griffith commercial ostensibly about Medicare, but subliminally about "the new health care law," including a detailed breakdown by factcheck.org and our own Elena Ives. But Griffith may just be bird dogging for a larger, more subtle effort that seems to be flying under the radar. Annnn-DEE! PSAs (that are not on the Medicare Web site or YouTube) run constantly on cable channels featuring nice old middle class codgers talking about Medicare open enrollment and warning about Medicare fraud. Each spot contains the telltale phrase "Under the new healthcare law..." then proceeds to...