R.I.P. Andy Griffith

The Andy Griffith Show is probably among my 5 or 10 favorite tv shows ever. Andy Taylor was also one of my favorite characters. And, of course, Andy Griffith was one of my favorite entertainers. Seemed like a great guy. I never thought of him as an "entertainer", but rather Andy Taylor from Mayberry. Maybe he's gone to stop Barney from putting a bullet hole in a cloud somewhere. Thank God for re-runs.

 

I read somewhere that he was buried same day (just hours) after his death. No autopsy? No embalming? WTF?

 

Loved Matlock. RIP.

 

It was at his family's request and had been planned that way, apparently :

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/north-carolina-griffith-burial/index.html


I guess it outpaced these morons :

http://www.examiner.com/article/wes...hreatening-to-picket-funeral-of-andy-griffith

 

He was a legend in my book. I am still a young guy and The Andy Griffth show was before my time but for some odd reason i just got addicted to that show. It is still probably one of my favorite shows of all time. The chemistry between Barney and Andy were one of a kind.