Hey Sarah? Get me aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh...

[Buzz Killington]

Andy Griffith dead at 86.

DAMN...DAMN...DAMN

http://www.suntimes.com/13563164-421/actor-andy-griffith-dead-at-86-report.html

[Snaggletiger]

Well now, that sucks. Can't argue with 86 years though. 

   To Sheriff Taylor

[CCTAU]

I wonder if he was still waiting on a woman!

[Buzz Killington]

Call the man, Aunt Bea!

[Tiger Wench]

We can all lift one with Otis in his memory.  That's a damn shame.

[Kaos]

I know his later career choices were questionable.  I also know that his off-screen persona probably bore little resemblance to Sheriff Andy Taylor. 

But still.

Andy Taylor was the kind of dad I always wanted to have.  A guy who was incorruptible, just a tad bit smarter than he let people know, loyal to his family, supportive of his son and always willing to do what was right. 

Andy Taylor is also the kind of dad I've always tried to be.  Haven't always made it, but that's the kind of model I've tried to provide for my kids. 

He was a father for a different generation, I guess. 

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Odd.  I guess when you are in your mid 80's you kind of expect that the end is nigh, but they really rushed through the funeral.

(CNN) -- The body of Andy Griffith, a North Carolina native and actor who for years won over audiences with his folksy appeal, was buried Tuesday morning less than five hours after he died.

He passed away at around 7 a.m. ET at his home on Roanoke Island, authorities reported.

At the request of his family, Griffith's body was lowered into a grave on the island at about 11:30 a.m. ET, according to a funeral spokesperson who declined to be named, citing the sensitivity of the matter.

"It had been planned for some time," said the spokesperson, who declined to reveal where on the island the body was buried.

"This was the wish of his family."

Most known for his role as the sheriff of Mayberry on the CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show," Griffith died Tuesday after an unspecified illness and "has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island," the family said in a statement.

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But the speed with which the public learned of his death and was informed of his burial seemed especially fast, according to some observers.

"It's not very common," said Larry F. Stegall, executive director of the state's Funeral Directors Association. "I don't recall having heard of it, and I've been here 32 years."

Traditional funeral customs often allow for a more extended period between death and burial, so family and friends may have more opportunity to visit and pay their respects.

Still, said Stegall, "the family's wishes are always abided by."

"Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord," Griffith's wife, Cindi, said in a statement on Tuesday.

A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Griffith also was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. His 1996 album, "I Love to Tell the Story -- 25 Timeless Hymns," netted him a Grammy Award.

Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1926, Griffith was a 1949 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a degree in music.

[Aubie16]

Fitting that the Braves are in a rain delay right now. I remember growing up watching The Andy Griffith Show during Braves rain delay's on TBS in the 90's.

[bottomfeeder]

[GH2001]

Has anyone checked on tarheel?

[Saniflush]

He's alive but I think has had company in town all week.

[DnATL]

He's alive but I think has had company in town all week.

Sounds like he's having his menses.

[Godfather]

He's alive but I think has had company in town all week.

Aunt Flow?

[Saniflush]

Aunt Flow?

momma