Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died, Say Actor Has Been "Laid To Rest"

WITN ^ | July 3, 2012

[Semper911]

RIP, Sheriff Taylor.

[big'ol_freeper]

Shazzam!

[al baby]

I think you have been had fake news story

[LonePalm]

My parents knew him before he made it in show business.

Rest in peace Andy.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Liberty Valance]

RIP Andy.

[AppyPappy]

Confirmed by Winston-Salem TV station

[Gabz]

It’s been confirmed by other news outlets.

[MamaB]

I read this on FB from a local tv station. They could be wrong too, I guess.

[arderkrag]

Shame. Prayers for the family.

[Perdogg]

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12543460-americas-sheriff-andy-griffith-dead-at-86?lite%C2%A0

[Gaffer]

Years ago, before I found out his Democrat proclivities, I’d have expressed condolences. I will not, however, now.

[el_texicano]

Well, I used to have a soft spot for “Sheriff Taylor”, but after the Obamacare debacle was passed with Andy Griffith leading the cheering for it, I saw a different person.

Griffith was a total communist and hated this country. He was a bitter resentful person as Libs usually are.

He was wasting air that someone else deserved.

I won’t miss him in the least.

[Bratch]

Rare vocal version of The Andy Griffith Show Theme Song

[Gabz]

I read this on FB from a local tv station.

LOL! That's exactly where I read it!

[EggsAckley]

I don’t care if he was a Lib. He was a great talent and will be remembered so. RIP

[Lazamataz]

I cannot mourn this man, he was far too committed a leftist.

Okay, so he's dead. Next.

[TomGuy]

TMZ.com has the story: Andy Griffith, Dead at 86

http://www.tmz.com/

[Moose4]

Gone up to Mount Pilot for the last time. RIP.

}:-)4

[al baby]

yup looks like he died before he could vote for obama again

[Jim from C-Town]

The man was 86 years old and lived a long life few could imagine.

Good for him.

[Hildy]

In the early 1970’s I saw the play, Six Characters in Search of an Author starring Andy Griffith on TV. That is when I began my lifelong appreciation of the theater. He was brilliant in it as he was in the movie, A FACE IN THE CROWD.

He will always be remembered as Sheriff Andy, but I hope he is remembered as the fine dramatic actor he was as well.

RIP, Mr. Griffith.

[al baby]

Looked fishy guess knott

[Petruchio]

Looks like 0bamacare really helped him, eh?

[al baby]

Thanks

[yarddog]

He was a pretty hard core liberal, just like most Hollywood types.

I will say one thing for him. He was one heck of an actor and I mean serious actor, not just a comedian.

[Jim from C-Town]

I am, certain that he will have a long and active voting life for years to come!

[liberalh8ter]

I hear you. Didn't he do pro Obamacare commercials?

[nascarnation]

Kicked off before the Death Panels got him.
Nice timing.

[trailhkr1]

Griffith was a total communist and hated this country. He was a bitter resentful person as Libs usually are.

From everything I have read about him he treated his fans like total shiiiiite when asking for autographs etc...he was not the kind, old gentleman that was portrayed on screen.

[Errant]

Dang, Sorry to hear...

Andy Griffith Football Story from 1953

[Melinda in TN]

RIP Andy! He was always my childhood hero and I think I saw every episode ever made. I was a little disappointed when I found his political leanings but not as much as I was with Opie, Ron Howard.

[listenhillary]

[PermaRag]

Ha! Now he can vote for Bonzo as many times as the Rats need him to do so.

A good actor perhaps, but not a thing like “Andy Taylor” in real life.

[Leep]

Years ago, before I found out his Democrat proclivities, I’d have expressed condolences. I will not, however, now.

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This is one time I don’t even want to know.
The Andy Griffith Show is my favorite show of all time. I can watch it dozens of times, and I have, and laugh everytime.
Otherwise, Andy Griffith is in God’s hands now.

[nascarnation]

Looks like 0bamacare really helped him, eh?

Actually he had great timing.

Out before the Death Panels cranked up.

[KansasGirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAwXhBhU4Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[LibFreeUSA]

A long time ago, in a place far away...

[Adder]

He won’t be remembered for the libtard dementia of his later years....
Stuff like “What it wuz wuz football”...among other bits were hilarious. But...

He will always be Sheriff Taylor.

RIP, Andy

[Jack Hydrazine]

Should one mourn an individual who was committed to the destruction of his own country even with the best of intentions?

[oh8eleven]

A little dated, but still a VERY funny movie. RIP ...

[Overtaxed]

Bill Friday is still alive?

[Cincinatus]

Regardless of his personal politics, he gave us all one of the most believable, likable characters in television history. Those shows (especially the first five years, in glorious black-and-white) are still funny and lovable, even after 50 years. I still watch them on a regular basis on DVD.

R.I.P., Sheriff Taylor.

[moviefan8]

Apparently he stopped taking Vitajex.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4nqphP21k

RIP Lonesome Rhodes.

[Lazamataz]

Precisely. I don’t believe in totally dissing a communist (like Ted Kennedy or Andy Griffith) on an obituary thread, but I sure don’t have to pretend like I’m all broke up over it, either.

[CatherineofAragon]

It’s funny...everybody says the Sheriff Taylor character was so sweet and kindly. I guess that’s so. But I could never get past the look on Griffith’s face, and the expression in his eyes. He always looked shifty and downright mean to me. That affable smile looked sort of like a shark’s grin. He always creeped me out.

That said, condolences to his loved ones, and I hope he found Christ before he died.

[alancarp]

Flags in North Carolina will go to half mast - I can gar-on-tee that.

[Ezekiel]

America’s sheriff Andy Griffith dead at 86

"The Law" is dead alright, talk about timing. :-/

[Williams]

I am amazed the vitajex commercial was exactly like a viagra commercial.

Andy G brought me years of joy from Mayberry. And as Lonesome Rhodes and in No Time For Sergeants.

[txrangerette]

Tremendous talent.

He could do it all.

A natural.

An all- American on the screen.

A total mushhead leftist in real life.

RIP Sheriff Andy.

Where have you gone, Mayberry USA?

[Semper911]

I don’t care if he was a Lib. He was a great talent and will be remembered so. RIP

I feel the same way. Sheriff Taylor was a great comfort to me during a stormy childhood.