Died Today (July 3rd): Andy Griffith (1926–2012)

Died Today: Andy Griffith (1926–2012)

Born: June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA

Died: July 3, 2012 (age 86) in Manteo, North Carolina, USA

Married to: Cindi Knight (2 April 1983 – 3 July 2012) (his death)
Solica Casuto (11 June 1975 – 1981) (divorced)
Barbara Griffith (26 August 1949 – 16 October 1972) (divorced) (2 children)

QUOTES:

[on his off-camera relationship with Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee] There was just something about me she did not like.
[How he valued Don Knotts as an actor/best friend]: I loved Don. There was no one like him.
[For making Chapel Hill, which is where he went to college, proud of him]: I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.
I was baptized…