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Goodbye Don, we will miss you.
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Posted by: Samurai_Bob

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
--Don Knotts

Posted by: Khashyar

I just saw on the news that Don had died.

My family and I used to watch the Andy Griffith Show almost religiously.

Khashyar

Posted by: Samurai_Bob

LOS ANGELES Feb 25, 2006 (AP)— Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."

Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown in August 2005.

Knotts appeared on six other television shows. In 1979, Knotts replaced Norman Fell on "Three's Company," playing the would-be swinger landlord to John Ritter, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt.

Posted by: Samurai_Bob

For our members who may not know him, he was a legend and a truly funny man.

Posted by: Samurai_Bob

Don would want us to keep on laughing.

The greatest joys in life are love and laughter.
When I was young I could not stop loving.
Now - I can not stop laughing.
--Samurai Bob

Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. --Jack Benny

Posted by: Pin Boy

i didn't come to appreciate don knotts until a few years back. when i did, i always stopped to watch whenever i came across him on tv. the guy was peerless as a comic actor. i definitely have a strong feeling of sadness hearing this evening that he died.

pb

Posted by: BradIL

One of the great comedy actors when I was growing up!

I loved the flick "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"... still makes me laugh!

'Atta boy, Luther!' That's echoed in a few saloons around St. Louis.

Posted by: GREGK

My favorite scene/ episode in the Andy Griffith show is when Barney got the sidecar motorcycle. Andy gets in the sidecar not knowing that the Main Street loafers have disconnected it. Barney roars off leaving Andy still sitting there. GREAT!!!

Posted by: Jill

Anyone remember "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"?

Sad to see him go

Posted by: Samurai_Bob

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Posted by: BradIL

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Originally Posted by Jill

Anyone remember "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"? Sad to see him go

Forgot all about that!!!

And you are *NOT* a baby-boomer! Well I AM IMPRESSED- chilly!

Posted by: Samurai_Bob

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