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Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."

Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown in August 2005.

The West Virginia-born actor's half-century career included seven TV series and more than 25 films, but it was the Griffith show that brought him TV immortality and five Emmies.

The show ran from 1960-68, and was in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings each season, including a No. 1 ranking its final year. It is one of only three series in TV history to bow out at the top: The others are "I Love Lucy" and "Seinfeld." The 249 episodes have appeared frequently in reruns and have spawned a large, active network of fan clubs.

As the bug-eyed deputy to Griffith, Knotts carried in his shirt pocket the one bullet he was allowed after shooting himself in the foot. The constant fumbling, a recurring sight gag, was typical of his self-deprecating humor.

Knotts, whose shy, soft-spoken manner was unlike his high-strung characters, once said he was most proud of the Fife character and doesn't mind being remembered that way.

His favorite episodes, he said, were "The Pickle Story," where Aunt Bea makes pickles no one can eat, and "Barney and the Choir," where no one can stop him from singing.

"I can't sing. It makes me sad that I can't sing or dance well enough to be in a musical, but I'm just not talented in that way," he lamented. "It's one of my weaknesses."

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 25 2006,8:17 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:cry  The Pickle Story is one of my favorites also.
I also recall all the Disney movies such as The Apple Dumpling Gang

God Speed Mr. Knotts
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 25 2006,8:22 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I still love to watch The Andy Griffith Show and Barney Fife was my favorite character. :good

Of the movies, "The Reluctant Astronaut" from the mid 60's was my favorite. :good

Thanks Don for the laughs.  :)





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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 25 2006,8:25 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I don't think any one could do Barny Fife as well as Don Knots did.  He will be missed!!!   God Speed to a legend!!
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He was one of the best he'll be missed, RIP!.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 25 2006,10:47 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I still watch that show all the time...I love it!!! I will miss him...but at least he will always live in our hearts and TV's  :D
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2006,1:48 am Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:(  :( He was a legend and well be missed. R.I.P.

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2006,5:12 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
R.I.P. Don!! You have made many people laugh ........

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He really was classic wasn't he :good

...who do we have now a days that would be comparable? ??? :stupid
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Quote (Wifey @ Feb. 26 2006,7:55 pm)
He really was classic wasn't he :good

...who do we have now a days that would be comparable? ??? :stupid

Nobody!.. :cry
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2006,7:47 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Very Sad indeed :cry ...RIP Don Knotts.
Grew up with Andy, Barney and Opie and Aunt Bea....
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No mattter what show it was he always put a smile on your face......
Remember him on Three's Company??  He was the same sort of goof, always made me laugh.

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