Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 | 11:40 a.m. CDT; updated 7:01 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 3, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock," died Tuesday. He was 86.

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