Actor Andy Griffith Dead At 86

CNN.com - Top Stories, CNN
Tue, 07/03/2012 - 10:18am

Andy Griffith, who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, has died at his North Carolina home, the Dare County sheriff says.

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