Don Knotts dead at 81

A great one died today, AP is reporting. Comedy legend Don Knotts died in Beverly Hills at the age of 81.

The West Virginia native performed on many TV shows as well as in many films, but of course he'll best remembered as the incompetent deputy sheriff Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show.

The picture is from No Time for Sergeants, Knotts has a bit role in the film that featured his future TV pal, Andy Griffith.

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