Don Knotts Dead at 81!!

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:02 pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/ ... 6144.shtml

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

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:07 pm

RIP! He was a funny mofo!!

minir · Post by **minir** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:15 pm

Sad to hear. He brought me and millions of others laughter untold.

The Deputy will be missed

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minir

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:27 pm

1 bullet Barney Fife, what a classic. RIP Mr. Limpit!

Loonatic · Post by **Loonatic** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:30 pm

RIP. We have a signed picture framed in our basement. Good times!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:34 pm

I would have guessed that he was older than 81.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:48 pm

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:00 pm

Don Knotts, great character actor, RIP.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:03 pm

knightmare wrote:Don Knotts, great character actor, RIP.

Yes he was. Thank you Don.

Tiffany · Post by **Tiffany** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:15 pm

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:30 pm

Barney Fife was funny but the characters in a couple of his movies were over the top....The Ghost and Mr. Chicken......The Reluctant Astronaut

RIP...

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:32 pm

Truly sad..Thanks for all the great memories Don....RIP.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:34 pm

who woulda thought mr furley would out live jack tripper.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:00 pm

May the bullet be immortalized.

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:02 pm

RIP Barn ...

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:46 pm

downhill wrote:Barney Fife was funny but the characters in a couple of his movies were over the top....The Ghost and Mr. Chicken......The Reluctant Astronaut

RIP...

Those were great.

RIP man.

triniwasp · Post by **triniwasp** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:04 pm

Jamie_R wrote:

RIP Barn ...

I loved that guy.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:55 am

i hate to see wholesome funny people die...just thinking about the people he/they brought laughs to makes me smile

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:53 am

Yeah, he will be missed.

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:34 am

I just bought the 5th season of The Andy Griffith show yesterday afternoon (before I heard about him dying)
... my wife asked me "How many more of those do you have left to get?"
and I said "None - after the 5th season (last in B&W and the last w/ Barney) - they stopped being any good".

still

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:01 am

He will be missed. He so had his own comedian style.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:15 am

Oh man! Not a good way to start off the day.

RIP Mr. Knotts

westy · Post by **westy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:03 pm

Too bad. The Andy Griffith show was one of the last hometown classics.

Don will be missed.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:15 pm

He was and is awesome.