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Title: Actor Andy Griffith Dies In North Carolina, TV Station Says
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REUTERS
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012 ... griffith-idUSBRE8620P520120703
Published: Jul 3, 2012
Author: REUTERS
Post Date: 2012-07-03 10:57:38 by Brian S
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Views: 23522
Comments: 53
(Reuters) - 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. The television station quoted a longtime friend as saying that the 86-year-old actor died at his home on Roanoke Island. The Dare County Sheriff's dispatcher would say only that an ambulance was called to Griffith's residence but would not comment further. Griffith created another memorable character, the folksy defense lawyer in "Matlock" in the 1980s and '90s, but it was his portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on the "The Andy Griffith Show" in the 1960s that gave him a place in U.S. television history. The show portrayed life in the friendly, slow-moving fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, which was widely believed to have been based on Griffith's own hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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#2. To: Brian S (#0)
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Another socialist propagandist bites the dust. The government recently enlisted aged actor Andy Griffith for a commercial showcasing Medicare benefits available through health care reform. North's Carolina's old people, at least, didn't appreciate these lies, and Griffith's favorability rating has dropped 25 percentage points there. ****************************************************************************** Politico reports that the Obama administration’s pro-Obamacare Andy Griffith TV ad cost taxpayers $3.66 million, according to records obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services. Actually, there were at least three such ads (here, here, and here), so it’s not clear whether this was the cost for one, or for the whole batch. In this ad, Griffith says, “That new health care law sure sounds good for all of us on Medicare!”
Congratulations! I have literally read hundreds of comments about him on the internet today,and YOU are the first asshole to write anything negative. That makes you "special". Think about that for a minute. Assuming of course you are even capable of thinking and not just reacting when your dogma barks.
Was Andy YOUR "Daddy" too? Or just Santa?
You really are getting pissy and desperate to take cheap shots,aren't you? How "Christian" of you.
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#4. To: We The People (#2)
Another socialist propagandist bites the dust.
#12. To: sneakypete, We The People (#4)
#16. To: Liberator (#12)
Was Andy YOUR "Daddy" too? Or just Santa?
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