Mayberry, R.I.P.

The lights in the ground-floor corner room at the Y.M.C.A. in Raleigh, NC have been dimmed.

Actor Don Knotts, who made a long career out of playing comic nerds (most famously as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show) died today in Los Angeles at 81.

AP Wire | 02/25/2006 | Actor Don Knotts dies at 81

Related:

• Official Don Knotts web site (donknotts.tv)
• Don Knotts page at IMDB
• The Shrine to Don Knotts
  

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