Andy Griffith’s showbiz status endures

Posted Jul 9, 2026
Few entertainers have stayed in the nation’s collective conscience like Andy Griffith. Griffith is best known for his warm and wise television portrayals of Sheriff Andy Taylor and lawyer Ben Matlock. Griffith began his days as a Carolina student on July 19, 1944. That day he wrote a letter from his room, “3 Steele Dormitory,” to his parents in Mount Airy. (UNC.edu)

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