Actor Andy Griffith dies
Actor Andy Griffith, whose portrayal of a small-town sheriff made ``The Andy Griffith Show'' one of American television's most enduring shows, has died at his North Carolina home, television station WITN reported on Tuesday.
For eight years, from the relative calm of the early '60s through the decade's turbulent later years, Andy Griffith - who died today at 86 - sat at or near the top of the ratings with The Andy Griffith Show.