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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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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!”
Yet I'm sure you are so proud of this son of a bitch and his reverse mortgage ripoff...pathetic piece of shit, you!
#11. To: Brian S (#7)
Get a grip, will ya?? You think helping olde people with NO money except for their home equity is necessarily a bad thing?? They have an opportunity to live in their house WHILE pulling out a monthly check via Reverse Mortgage. That's SPENDABLE INCOME which means they might not have to eat cat food that week. Not that YOU give a dog-crap. And yet you have the unmitigated gall to compare THAT endorsement to Andy Griffith playing on the trust of his "Andy" character *portrayal* promoting 0bumacare?? Pfft.
LOL! Me? A Fan of Fred? It's like you don't even know me anymore. ;o) pathetic piece of shit, you! Lighten up, Francis.
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Yet I'm sure you are so proud of this son of a bitch and his reverse mortgage ripoff...pathetic piece of shit, you!
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