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Andy Griffith News & Bio


Name:Andy Griffith
Hometown:Mount Airy, NC
High School:Mount Airy
Born:June 1, 1926
Died:July 3, 2012
Notes:Actor
Andy Griffith

Six Degrees of Andy Griffith
The Andy Griffith Show first aired on CBS on October 3, 1960. When the final half-hour episode — number 249 — ran eight years later,...

What It Was, Was Football
Before the gospel albums, before that famous whistled theme song, there was a comedy record. In 1953, just down the road from his UNC alma...

Carolina Insider Podcast: Former UNC AD Dick Baddour, ACC Network launches, and More
Former UNC AD Dick Baddour joins Jones Angell and Adam Lucas to receive his Poddy for "Best Interview" in 2017, tell the story of when...

The launching of Andy Griffith's career
Andy Griffith grew up in Mount Airy during the Great Depression and graduated from UNC. In the early ‘50s he was a music and drama...

Video: What It Was, Was Football - NC College Teams Archive Edition
Andy Griffith's famous comedy monologue was released 65 years ago this week. It was a WRAL sports tradition for longtime WRAL photographer Jay Jennings to...

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