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Griffith laid to rest within 5 hours 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. Andy Griffith evoked, stylized small-town America Close your eyes and picture it: small-town America. It has a little post office, of course. A general store, too, and a fishing hole. TV's pioneers fading into history With Andy Griffith's passing, America loses one of its last living links to the early days of television. Opinion: Why we need Andy, Mayberry Did citizens ever really live in idyllic small towns like Andy Griffith's Mayberry? Maybe we wish we did. Maybe we still want to, says TV writer Diane Werts. Andy Griffith, beloved TV star, dies at 86 Associated Press Andy Griffith in 1983. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- He was a vocalist, an actor, a stand-up comic, a producer and once even a schoolteacher, but we knew him best for creating the mythic Mayberry, a Camelot in bib overalls where home-spun wisdom reigned, in "The Andy Griffith Show." Andy Griffith, creator of Mayberry, dies at 86 Andy Griffith's gift to the show that bore his name wasn't just the homespun wisdom of the plain-spoken sheriff he played. It was the place he created: a small town where all foibles are forgiven and friendships are forever, full of characters who felt like family. Appreciation: Andy Griffith acted, and lived, by the Golden Rule That Andy Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy for either of his signature series — the rural family comedy "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-68), in which he played small-town sheriff Andy Taylor, and the legal drama "Matlock" (1986-95), in which he played an Atlanta attorney — speaks to the subtle and self-effacing manner of his art. And yet we remember him as the rock — tall, broad ... Andy Griffith's hometown stunned over his passing On the map it is called Mt. Airy, but to visitors and locals alike it is known as Mayberry, the fictional but all too real town that was featured on the Andy Griffith Show. Andy Griffith Dead: Actor Buried Hours Later Actor Laid to Rest Five Hours After He Died Andy Griffith dead at 86 RALEIGH, N.C. - Andy Griffith's gift to the show that bore his name wasn't just the homespun wisdom of the plain-spoken sheriff he played.
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