RIP - Andy Griffith

People know him for his work on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D but he was quite the accomplished actor and was in almost 70 different stage shows, movies and television shows. There is a nice biographical article (February 2008) from the Virginian-Pilot:

The real Andy Griffith lives among us, quietly
The placid, lapping waters of the Roanoke Sound are the first things Andy Griffith hears most mornings, as he looks toward the tiny peak of the Wright Memorial, across from his waterfront estate on Roanoke Island, N.C.

The Andy Griffith Museum has more:

From the Family of Andy Griffith:
Andy Griffith passed away, after an illness, during the early morning on July 3 at his home in Manteo, N.C., with his wife Cindi at his side. He was 86 years old.

Mr. Griffith has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island. His favorite causes were Outer Banks Conservationists and the Griffith Scholarship Fund at UNC-Chapel Hill.

From Cindi Griffith:
"Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord. He is the love of my life, my constant companion, my partner, and my best friend. I cannot imagine life without Andy, but I take comfort and strength in God's Grace and in the knowledge that Andy is at peace and with God."

He was always a class act.