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.
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.
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