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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/988-1aRqay.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor in 1966.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/131-wDYIQ.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith, left, as Sheriff Andy Taylor and Don Knotts, right, as Barney Fife in a scene from the classic "Loaded Goat" episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/16/519-9YrZc.St.156.jpeg|460A childhood photo of Andy Griffith. He was born in 1926 in Mt. Airy, N.C..
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/13/363-6MFzj.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith in make-up for The Playmakers Theater production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comedy opera, The Mikado at UNC in 1947. He played the character of Ko-Ko.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/250-c3EUF.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith poses as the sundial at The Morehead Planetarium on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill. Griffith got his start in theater while a student at UNC in the late 1940's.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/684-Ai2es.St.156.jpeg|488Andy Griffith played the role of Sir Walter Raleigh in The Lost Colony, annual outdoor drama pageant in Manteo from 1947-1953.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/800-1a222Q.St.156.jpeg|525Griffith played the lead role in the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, in Manteo. He would later return to Manteo in retirement.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/188-1fUhXv.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith as Will Stockdale in his Broadway debut in "No Time for Sergeants" in 1956.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/768-u9Z1t.St.156.jpeg|525Actors Don Knotts and Andy Griffith starred in the timeless show, The Andy Griffith Show, about life in a small, North Carolina town.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/808-1021jg.St.156.jpeg|486Andy Griffith, Ron Howard and Frances Bavier played the family members in the show, which first aired on Oct. 3, 1960. In its final year, 1968, it finished as the No. 1-rated show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/13/973-hbDpr.St.156.jpeg|525The cast of The Andy Griffith Show from left: Frances Bavier, as Aunt Bee Taylor, Ron Howard, as Opie Taylor, Aneta Corsaut, as Helen Crump and Andy Griffith, as sheriff Andy Taylor.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/739-EQIIG.St.156.jpeg|441Cast members from "The Andy Griffith Show", from left: Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, pose in this undated photo made available by Viacom.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/235-1oF0XX.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith and Ron Howard as Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie in the Andy Griffith Show.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/16/269-13s7Gj.St.156.jpeg|510Andy Griffith as Sherriff Andy Taylor, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor, Don Knotts and Deputy Barney Fife and Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle in 'The Andy Griffith Show' which aired on CBS from 1960-68.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/364-1lruM3.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith portrays the offbeat "Colonel Ticonderoga" in the western comedy "Rustlers' Rhapsody" in 1985.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/849-CaQN1.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith as Benjamin Matlock in the NBC series "Matlock" in 1989. He played a clever Atlanta lawyer with country charm.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/805-3X9oB.St.156.jpeg|525Andy Griffith and Don Knotts are shown posing in a 1986 file photo.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/629-i1fbR.St.156.jpeg|525Actor Andy Griffith is all smiles following his being named top male perfomer in a new TV program "Matlock" at the 13th Annual People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., March 13, 1987.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/16/89-15DKpU.St.156.jpeg|418Andy Griffith and Ron Howard re-enact the classic opening scene from The Andy Griffith show for a promotional photo for The Andy Griffith Reunion Special in 2003.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/114-L8SAR.St.156.jpeg|415Andy Griffith unveiled a statue of himself and Ron Howard as their characters, Andy and Opie Taylor, from Griffith's television show in Raleigh's Pullen Park in 2003. The statue, taken from the show's opening sequence, shows Andy and Opie walking to their fishing hole.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/975-aRbaU.St.156.jpeg|418Andy Griffith greets Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison after the unveiling of a statue of Griffith and Ron Howard as their characters, Andy and Opie Taylor, from Griffith's television show in Raleigh's Pullen Park. The statue, taken from the show's opening sequence, shows Andy and Opie walking to their fishing hole.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/16/680-15MgvY.St.156.jpeg|416Andy Griffith greets the Easley family after he spoke at Governor Mike Easley's inauguration event in Raleigh in 2005.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/977-gqYmN.St.156.jpeg|409Actor Andy Griffith drives his 1935 Packard convertible over the newly-opened Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge as North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley stands up in the back of the vehicle Friday, Aug. 16, 2002, in Manteo, N.C. Also shown, from background left, are Griffith's wife, Cindi, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, and Easley's wife, Mary.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/656-18bEGB.St.156.jpeg|389Actor Andy Griffith, left, smiles as North Carolina Gov. MIke Easley applauds after they unveiled a sign naming part of U.S. Hwy 52 the Andy Griffith Parkway during a ceremony in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., Wednesday Oct. 16, 2002.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/16/797-6uda8.St.156.jpeg|433Actor Andy Griffith, center, shares a laugh with North Carolina Gov. MIke Easley, right, and Griffith's wife, Cindi, left, after the governor was mistakenly introduced as former Gov. Jim Hunt during a ceremony naming part of U.S. Hwy 52 the Andy Griffith Parkway during a ceremony in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., Wednesday Oct. 16, 2002.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/818-QcaRu.St.156.jpeg|377President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2005, to actor Andy Griffith in the East Room of the White House. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian award, and recognizes exceptional meritorious service.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/15/576-xjnT5.St.156.jpeg|525UNC class of '49 actor and NC native Andy Griffith, gets applause after playing a song or two on one of his Martin guitars that he will donate to UNC's Southern Historical Collection in 2005.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/14/640-JLBch.St.156.jpeg|410Actor Andy Griffith delivers a poem following the inauguration of Governor Beverly Perdue Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, in Raleigh.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/07/03/10/44/13NaBR.St.6.jpeg|386Andy Griffith unveiled a statue of himself and Ron Howard as their characters, Andy and Opie Taylor, from Griffith's television show in Raleigh's Pullen Park in 2003. The statue, taken from the show's opening sequence, shows Andy and Opie walking to their fishing hole.
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