His death was confirmed in a statement from the Dare County, N.C., sheriffs office. Francey told Griffith that before his death, Knotts said that he was waiting “for the great wizard in the sky” to take him away. Television icon Andy Griffith has died at 86. The North Carolina native had also long endured hypertension and hyperlipidemia. It was in this phone call that Griffith found extreme comfort. Andy Griffith's death certificate says the actor died earlier this week of a heart attack. Years after Knotts’ death, his wife, Francey, called Griffith on his 86th birthday. MATLOCK, (from left): Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, 1986-96. He said, “And I take comfort because I know that Don… is… in … paradise!” When the ceremony came to a close, Griffith admitted that he felt there was a place for “all of us in God’s kingdom.” It appeared as though Griffith knew he would be reuniting with his friend in the afterlife. Pat Rosson, a son and grandson of cinematographers who appeared on The Andy Griffith Show, The Twilight Zone and the soap opera The Young Marrieds as a child actor in the 1960s, has died. After this, Griffith stated his beliefs about his friend in his speech. Griffith died after suffering a heart attack at his coastal North Carolina home on Roanoke Island. While his death didn’t come as a surprise considering his health issues over the years, his almost immediate burial confused many. Now he dearly hoped to see Don in the hereafter.” Don Knotts’ Funeral and Griffith’s Comfort THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, from left: Don Knotts, Andy Griffith, 1960-68, Photo Credit: Everett CollectionĪt Knotts’ funeral, Andy Griffith told the minister that he believed his friend would go to heaven. Andy Griffith died at 86 years old on July 3, 2012. Also, Don had died before Andy could ask.
Don and Andy didn’t talk much about God, but Andy sensed Don’s position on faith was agnostic at best. “Andy yearned to know whether his best friend had accepted God and gone to heaven,” Daniel de Visé writes in his book, Andy & Don. “He knew the Bible-thumpers back in West Virginia had spooked Don, had given him nightmares, had ultimately chased him away from organized religion. Andy Griffith, who died in his sleep Tuesday at age 86, was buried on his North Carolina farm mere hours after his early morning death.
ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, 1960-1968, Photo Credit: Everett Collection
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