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I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.

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Andy Griffith
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 1
Died: 2012
Died: July 3
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Andy Samuel Griffith
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