Update 12 p.m. Though many outlets have cited WITN and WAVY's coverage of Griffith's death, and The Charlotte Observer confirmed his death with their own sources, ABC News is reporting that Griffith's ...

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86. Griffith died at his coastal home in North Carolina at about 7 a.m.

Griffith's career spanned more than a half-century on stage, film and television, but he would always be best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor in the television show set in a North Carolina town not too ...

This Oct. 28, 2003 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith sitting in front of a bronze statue of Andy and Opie from the "Andy Griffith Show," after the unveiling ceremony in Raleigh, N.C. Griffith, ...

Beloved TV star Andy Griffith died at his home in Manteo, North Carolina, on Tuesday morning. He was 86. Former University of North Carolina President Bill Friday confirmed the passing of his close ...