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Ptah

(33,045 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:15 AM Jul 2012

RIP Andy Griffith

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RIP Andy Griffith (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2012 OP

I'm really saddened... RIP, Andy hlthe2b Jul 2012 #1

"what'd he die from?" asked my wife NightWatcher Jul 2012 #2

That's how rumors get started. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #7

In his sleep..... whistler162 Jul 2012 #16

That was a great show. I'm saddened. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #3

I wanted to be Opie. Ptah Jul 2012 #4

Ron Howard is quite successful now. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #8

As Lonesome Rhodes in "A Face in the Crowd" he should have won the Oscar: LeftinOH Jul 2012 #5

+1. Sheer brilliance. nolabear Jul 2012 #13

Dang MerryBlooms Jul 2012 #6

What it was was Football NightWatcher Jul 2012 #9

Isn't that MAD Magazine legend George Woodbridge's artwork? TheMightyFavog Jul 2012 #15

He was recently in Waitress and was terrific! He'll be missed nt riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #10

An incredible actor, humorist, and human being Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #11

RIP bigwillq Jul 2012 #12

RIP Andy! Kaleva Jul 2012 #14

You and the folks in Mayberry have made me laugh for over 50 years... Tom_Foolery Jul 2012 #17

He did a comedy album in the early 50's GoneOffShore Jul 2012 #18

Thanks for posting that! Kaleva Jul 2012 #19

hlthe2b

(102,448 posts)

1. I'm really saddened... RIP, Andy

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:18 AM

Jul 2012

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

2. "what'd he die from?" asked my wife

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:24 AM

Jul 2012

He was 86......he laid his Harley down under a semi on the turnpike.

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

7. That's how rumors get started.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:52 AM

Jul 2012

It was a Ducati.

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

16. In his sleep.....

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:43 PM

Jul 2012

unlike the passengers in the bus he was driving!

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

3. That was a great show. I'm saddened.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:30 AM

Jul 2012

Ptah

(33,045 posts)

4. I wanted to be Opie.

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:33 AM

Jul 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

8. Ron Howard is quite successful now.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 AM

Jul 2012

LeftinOH

(5,359 posts)

5. As Lonesome Rhodes in "A Face in the Crowd" he should have won the Oscar:

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:47 AM

Jul 2012

His character did the fake-folksy Glenn Beck schtick long before Beck & co. put a patent on it.

nolabear

(42,001 posts)

13. +1. Sheer brilliance.

Reply to LeftinOH (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 01:47 PM

Jul 2012

MerryBlooms

(11,773 posts)

6. Dang

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 10:49 AM

Jul 2012

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

9. What it was was Football

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:04 AM

Jul 2012

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)

15. Isn't that MAD Magazine legend George Woodbridge's artwork?

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:40 PM

Jul 2012

He was always one of my favorites...

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

10. He was recently in Waitress and was terrific! He'll be missed nt

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:04 AM

Jul 2012

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)

11. An incredible actor, humorist, and human being

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:26 AM

Jul 2012

Rest In Peace

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

12. RIP

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 12:10 PM

Jul 2012

Kaleva

(36,371 posts)

14. RIP Andy!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 06:43 PM

Jul 2012

Tom_Foolery

(4,691 posts)

17. You and the folks in Mayberry have made me laugh for over 50 years...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:48 PM

Jul 2012

I visited your childhood home in Mt. Airy, NC. I bet it's a sad day there. RIP, Mr. Griffith.

GoneOffShore

(17,342 posts)

18. He did a comedy album in the early 50's

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 07:58 PM

Jul 2012

"What it was was football"

I can still quote bits of that monolog and his take, as a country boy, on Swan Lake.

Very talented guy.

Kaleva

(36,371 posts)

19. Thanks for posting that!

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #18)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 08:50 PM

Jul 2012

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