Andy Griffith is gone.

I'm so sad about this. I loved him.

Though I haven't watched much of him in my lifetime, he is a legend, that's for sure. May he RIP

One of my earliest crushes...

A better, more serious actor than he got credit for, too. RIP, fella.

Probably didn't get as much credit for (or opportunities to display) his acting chops as he should have. He's stellar in A Face in the Crowd.

R.I.P. Mr. Griffith.

Perks said:

One of my earliest crushes...

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Same here.

another icon from my younger years, gone....

lorna_w said:

A better, more serious actor than he got credit for, too. RIP, fella.

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qft...

lorna_w said:

A better, more serious actor than he got credit for, too. RIP, fella.

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Yep. RIP, Andy.

Sad.

Jcomp said:

Probably didn't get as much credit for (or opportunities to display) his acting chops as he should have. He's stellar in A Face in the Crowd.

R.I.P. Mr. Griffith.

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This is a great movie. It's in the DVR right now, as a matter of fact. He was so good in it, it makes me wonder why he didn't do more movies.

What a sweet, sweet man. I'm sad.

Here's a link:
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/...-griffith-1926-2012-has-died/?cxntlid=thbz_hm

Jcomp said:

Probably didn't get as much credit for (or opportunities to display) his acting chops as he should have. He's stellar in A Face in the Crowd.

R.I.P. Mr. Griffith.

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Yup. S'long, Lonesome Rhodes.

That makes me a sad panda.

That's a shame. What a guy; what an actor.

One of my favorite actors, and people, of all time. He will definitely be missed.

He always seemed like such a sweet guy. I hate hearing things like this.

After years of watching him as good ol' Andy and kindly ol' Matlock, it was a real sock in the gut when I saw him play evil ol' judges, and landowners. And he did both ends of the spectrum so well.

Loved him, too. Was so sad to hear about this.

A versatile, intelligent actor. He made a great bad guy in three tv movies: Pray for the Wildcats (1974); Savages (1974); and Murder in Coweta County (1983; this one costarred Johnny Cash as a rural sheriff, and he was pretty good).

He also was in a fun movie set in early Hollywood, Hearts of the West, in which he plays a writer who says something I've seen quoted on AW in someone's signature: "Anybody can call himself a writer. When other people call you a writer, you're a writer."

Vale. and thanks for those links, Manuel!

I've had decades of laughs and comfort thanks to Andy Griffith and Don Knotts on TAGS, and now my sons watch it endlessly, thanks to the miracle of DVDs. I'm glad he's not suffering, as I'd read he'd been ill for a long time, but yes - RIP.