RIP Andy Griffith

[MililaniBuckeye]

Sheriff Taylor passes.

Actor Andy Griffith dead at 86

(CNN) -- Actor Andy Griffith, who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said.

Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County, North Carolina, Sheriff J.D. "Doug" Doughtie.

He passed away after an unspecified illness and "has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoake Island," the family said in a statement.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I was wondering if he would get a thread here, I saw this hours ago on Facebook but was too lazy to mention it here.

 

[osugrad21]

RIP Andy

 

[Best Buckeye]

An all round good guy, RIP.

 

[Wingate1217]

RIP...Sheriff Taylor...

 

[cincibuck]

What it was was Football came out when I was a kid. I remember that it played on the morning drive show every day for weeks. Hilarious then, hilarious today.

RIP, Andy

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