PHOTO GALLERY: Andy Griffith dies at 86

This 1983 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith posing in Los Angeles to promote an upcoming CBS-TV film.   |  Wally Fong, The Associated Press/File

This 1983 file photo shows actor Andy Griffith posing in Los Angeles to promote an upcoming CBS-TV film, "Murder in Coweta County." Griffith, whose homespun mix of humor and wisdom made "The Andy Griffith Show" an enduring TV favorite, died Tuesday in Manteo, N.C. He was 86.   |  Wally Fong, The Associated Press/File

This undated file image originally released by Viacom shows cast members from "The Andy Griffith Show," from left, Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. Griffith died Tuesday.   |  The Associated Press/ Viacom file