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class="cnn_strytmstmp">updated 5:06 PM EST, Tue December 11, 2012</div> </div>  <div class="cnn_strycntntlft">  <script> if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){ var cnnArticleGallery={}; if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){ cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[]; } } var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery(); expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(15); expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(2); //cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Andy Griffith through the years", 1); </script> <style type="text/css"> .cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 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He died Tuesday, July 3, at 86. Click through the gallery to see a glimpse of his career and life." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" style="margin:0 auto;" width="640"/> <cite style="" id="galleryCaption001">Andy Griffith, famous for his starring role in "The Andy Griffith Show," was an actor, director, producer and Grammy-winning Southern gospel singer and writer. He died Tuesday, July 3, at 86. Click through the gallery to see a glimpse of his career and life.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Andy Griffith through the years"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120703023701-andy-griffith-12-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Future director Ron Howard played son Opie to Griffith's Andy Taylor on the TV show.<br/><br/>" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto002" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption002">Future director Ron Howard played son Opie to Griffith's Andy Taylor on the TV show.<br/><br/></cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Andy Griffith through the years"}</script> </div> 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<script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Andy Griffith through the years"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120703022245-andy-griffith-02-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Griffith plays the guitar for his television son, Opie, during "The Runaway Kid."" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto007" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption007">Griffith plays the guitar for his television son, Opie, during "The Runaway Kid."</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Andy Griffith through the years"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img 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id="articleGalleryPhoto009" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption009">In 1972, Griffith appeared on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" with Sonny Bono.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Andy Griffith through the years"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120703023704-andy-griffith-13-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Griffith also starred in the television legal drama "Matlock" from 1986 through 1992 on NBC and from 1992 until 1995 on ABC." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0010" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0010">Griffith also starred in the television legal drama "Matlock" from 1986 through 1992 on NBC and from 1992 until 1995 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extraordinary talent"</li> <li>Actor Andy Griffith died after an unspecified illness, his family said in a statement</li> <li>He "has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoake Island," the family said</li> <li>He is best known for his portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show"</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- Actor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/03/andy-griffith-a-life-remembered/" target="_blank">Andy Griffith</a>, who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County, North Carolina, Sheriff J.D. "Doug" Doughtie.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">He passed away after an unspecified illness and "has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoake Island," the family said in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.andygriffithmuseum.com/" target="_blank">statement</a>.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">"Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord," his wife, Cindi Griffith, said in the statement issued through the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">Best known for his role on "The Andy Griffith Show," the University of North Carolina music graduate also starred as a murder-solving Southern attorney in the television series "Matlock" during the 1980s and 1990s. He was also known for his roles in movies and on the stage, as a producer and as a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/showbiz/andy-griffith-reax/index.html" target="_blank">Officials, stars and fans react to the death of Andy Griffith</a></p> <script> var currExpandable="expand17"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='showbiz/2012/07/03/wynter-andy-griffith-obit.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.cnn.com'; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120703022640-andy-griffith-09-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand17Store=mObj; 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Beverly Perdue said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">"Throughout his career, he represented everything that was good about North Carolina: a small town boy and UNC graduate who took a light-hearted approach to some of the attributes he grew up with and turned them into a spectacularly successful career," she said. "And regardless of where that career took him, he always came back to North Carolina and spent his final years here."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">Actor and director Ron Howard, who played Griffith's son, Opie Taylor, on "The Andy Griffith Show," said he is "forever grateful" to the actor.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">"His pursuit of excellence and the joy he took in creating served generations & shaped my life,"<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/220170600860221441" target="_blank"> Howard said on Twitter</a>.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">President Barack Obama also noted Griffith's death, saying the actor had "warmed the hearts of Americans everywhere."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12">"A performer of extraordinary talent, Andy was beloved by generations of fans and revered by entertainers who followed in his footsteps," Obama said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">President George W. Bush honored Griffith in 2005 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for "demonstrating the finest qualities of our country and for a lifetime of memorable performances that have brought joy to millions of Americans of all ages."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">A member of the Televison Hall of Fame, Griffith also was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. His 1996 album, "I Love to Tell the Story -- 25 Timeless Hymns," netted him a Grammy Award.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1926, Griffith graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1949 with a degree in music.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">He originally wanted to be a preacher, he told American Profile magazine in a 2005 piece.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">"I went to the bishop and said, 'Can I major in music and still be a minister?' and he said no," the magazine quoted him as saying. "I went back and prayed over it for a couple of weeks, and I went back to the bishop and said, 'I'm going to major in music.' So that was it."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/03/white-house-mourns-the-death-of-andy-griffith/" target="_blank">White House mourns the death of Andy Griffith</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">After teaching high school music for a few years, he began his entertainment career with a traveling act with his first wife, Barbara Edwards, according to biography.com.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">After regular appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show," Griffith appeared in the 1955 Broadway play "No Time for Sergeants," for which he received a Tony nomination. He later appeared in a film version of the play.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">He was again nominated for a Tony in 1960 for the play "Destry Rides Again."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">He made his film debut in the critically acclaimed "A Face in the Crowd," but it was the 1960 debut of "The Andy Griffith Show" that brought his greatest fame.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">In the show, Griffith played the amiable sheriff of an small, idyllic town modeled on his own birthplace of Mount Airy. The gentle comedy continues to be broadcast and retains a following, including "Rerun Watchers Club" chapters around the country and on Facebook.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24">After his eight-year run as Taylor, the actor tried to break out of his mold as a genial father figure with mixed success.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/obituaries/index.html" target="_blank">People we've lost in 2012: The lives they lived</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26">"I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape," Griffith said, according to a quote on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341431/bio" target="_blank">IMDb</a>.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27">A 2010 role in a television commercial for the Department of Health and Human Resources generated some political controversy.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28">In the commercial, Griffith praised the Affordable Care Act and its reforms. Department officials said the ad was meant to educate the public, but congressional Republicans said it was partisan propaganda and demanded that it be pulled.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29">Griffith came down with the muscular disease Guillain-Barre syndrome in 1983, according to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.biography.com/people/andy-griffith-9542091" target="_blank">biography.com</a>, but made a full recovery. In 2000, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery, and had hip surgery following a fall in 2007, according to his IMDb profile.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30">Griffith's first marriage ended in divorce in 1972. He married again in 1976 but divorced after five years, according to biography.com. In 1983, he married Cindi Knight, his current wife.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31">Griffith is survived by two children from his first marriage, according to the biography site. A third son died of an overdose at the age of 36, according to American Profile.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/03/what-we-love-about-andy-griffith" target="_blank">What we love about Andy Griffith</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/showbiz/andy-griffith-theme-song/index.html" target="_blank">'Andy Griffith' theme song part of Americana</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/03/remembering-andy-griffith-with-lyrics/" target="_blank">Remembering Andy Griffith with Lyrics</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/07/03/tv-icon-andy-griffith-dead-dies-86" 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