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Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« on: July 03, 2012, 10:14:37 AM »


Andy Griffith, an icon of TV, has died ... this according to Andy's close friend, former UNC President Bill Friday.

Griffith, who became famous for "The Andy Griffith Show," passed away at his home in Manteo, North Carolina this morning.

Friday broke the news to WITN News in North Carolina.

In addition to starring in his show and the subsequent "Mayberry R.F.D.," Griffith was a Grammy award-winning southern gospel singer.  Of course, Griffith also starred in the long-running series, "Matlock" and often made guest appearances in other shows, including "Dawson's Creek."

There's a famous statue of Andy and Opie -- played by Ron Howard -- in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2005.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/03/andy-griffith-dies-dead/
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 10:14:46 AM »
TV icon Andy Griffith died this morning at his home in North Carolina.

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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 10:15:40 AM »
We're on the same page!

Mod, please merge the two threads.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 10:16:27 AM »
I thought he had already passed......   :panic:
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 10:17:18 AM »
GMTA...beat you by 10 seconds!   :tongue:
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 10:42:02 AM »
Only 86?  He looked older than Methuselah. 

RIP, Sheriff Taylor.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 10:45:16 AM »
He was a great man. I will miss him. The Andy Griffith Show is one of my all time favorites.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 10:47:43 AM »
Andy Griffith was a good actor and his role as Sheriff Andy Taylor will always be classic.  He went a little moonbat politically towards the end of his life, but otherwise he seemed to live descently and outside all the Hollywood glitz.

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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 12:06:13 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RsX2lFbI1o[/youtube]


Along with the Walt Disney show, I coulden't wait, as a kid, to see it every week.


RIP Andy.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2012, 01:03:51 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I42JIgfnMYE[/youtube]
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2012, 01:20:52 PM »
RIP. Thank you for the memories and all the laughs.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 01:37:28 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 03, 2012, 01:03:51 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I42JIgfnMYE[/youtube]

I love listening to this every time it comes on the Blue Collar radio channel on Sirius/XM  :rotf:
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2012, 02:37:27 PM »
RIP, Andy Griffith.

I don't ever see the Andy Griffith show on anymore; but Matlock is on WGN weekday mornings. I like both of those shows.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2012, 03:00:24 PM »
Quote from: dixierose on July 03, 2012, 02:37:27 PM
RIP, Andy Griffith.

I don't ever see the Andy Griffith show on anymore; but Matlock is on WGN weekday mornings. I like both of those shows.

The Andy Griffith Show is on TV land week days at 11:00 Am. At least it was.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2012, 06:27:52 PM »
No Time For Sergeants--one of the funniest movies ever.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2012, 07:23:26 PM »
RIP Andy.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2012, 07:34:25 PM »
Andy Griffith sings (not whistles) the theme song to his show:

[youtube=425,350]6PVUit1-0Ck[/youtube]

Lyrics:

Well, now, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at the fishin' hole,
We may not get a bite all day, but don't you rush away.

What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skippin' stones,
You'll feel fresh as a lemonade, a-settin' in the shade.

Whether it's hot, whether it's cool, oh what a spot for whistlin' like a fool.

What a fine day to take a stroll and wander by the fishin' hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.

We'll have no need to call the roll when we get to the fishin' hole,
There'll be you, me, and Old Dog Trey, to doodle time away.

If we don't hook a perch or bass, we'll cool our toes in dewy grass,
Or else pull up a weed to chaw, and maybe set and jaw.

Hangin' around, takin' our ease, watchin' that hound a-scratchin' at his fleas.

Come on, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at the fishin' hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2012, 11:13:03 PM »
He's already been buried, which is a good thing, considering that Margie Phelps was all over Twitter threatening to picket the funeral.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2012, 11:46:23 PM »
Quote from: WinOne4TheGipper on July 03, 2012, 11:13:03 PM
He's already been buried, which is a good thing, considering that Margie Phelps was all over Twitter threatening to picket the funeral.

He just died yesterday. They aren't going to bury him the same day he dies. And lets those WBC inbreeds picket his funeral. The great people of North Carolina will give them the kind of welcome they deserve.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2012, 11:47:14 PM »
RIP to a great man
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #20 on: July 03, 2012, 11:55:13 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on July 03, 2012, 11:46:23 PM
He just died yesterday. They aren't going to bury him the same day he dies. And lets those WBC inbreeds picket his funeral. The great people of North Carolina will give them the kind of welcome they deserve.

Yes they did. They held his funeral within hours of his death.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-andy-griffith-dead-buried-reactions,0,2561976.story
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2012, 12:00:27 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on July 03, 2012, 11:55:13 PM
Yes they did. They held his funeral within hours of his death.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-andy-griffith-dead-buried-reactions,0,2561976.story


I am glad then the press could not crash it
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2012, 12:03:03 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on July 03, 2012, 11:55:13 PM
Yes they did. They held his funeral within hours of his death.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-andy-griffith-dead-buried-reactions,0,2561976.story

eh? So he died at 7:00 Am, then went straight to the funeral home, and then had the funeral, and then got buried all by noon? No viewing, and no people to pay their last respects to him? This is the first I heard of that.

Edit:

The article said that a prompt intimate service and internment has been planned for some time. So he must have been sick for a while. Or they knew he was going to die soon.

Whoa! North Carolina doesn't require embalming before burial? If that is the case, they just put him in the casket and buried him. Wow. This is different.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2012, 09:39:38 AM »
Embalming is not required by most states. If there's no viewing, or if the family objects to it, or if the dead person specified so, there is no embalming.

Embalming is just a funeral home's profit.
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Re: Andy Griffith dead at 86 years of age
« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2012, 11:16:40 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 04, 2012, 09:39:38 AM
Embalming is not required by most states. If there's no viewing, or if the family objects to it, or if the dead person specified so, there is no embalming.

Embalming is just a funeral home's profit.

I never knew that. You learn something new every day.
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