Actor Andy Griffith, who made 'The Andy Griffith Show' to be one of the most durable impressions on American television, has died at his home in North Carolina. WITN television reported on Tuesday (3/7).
The television station quoted an old friend Andy, who said the actor who plays the sheriff in a small town in the show "The Andy Griffith Show 'and is now 86 years old, died at his home on Roanoke Island.
News from the Dare County Sheriff says only one ambulance sent to the residence of Andy but no further details, according to Reuters - which monitored ANTARA here on Tuesday night.
Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith - June 1, 1926 - 3 July 2012) is an actor, director, producer, author of America and Southern gospel singer who won a Grammy Award.
He played in the film director Elia Kazan filmed epic, "A Face in the Crowd (1957) ', before
carved a name for his role on television. He plays the main character in the 1960-1968 sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show '.
He also appeared in the 1985-95 legal drama, 'Matlock'. Andy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George W, Bush on 9 November 2005. He died on July 3, 2012, at the age of 86 years.
