The death certificate for Andy Griffith says the actor's death earlier this week was caused by a heart attack. The certificate says the 86-year-old had suffered the attack 24 hours before he died at 7 ...

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.

The Andy Griffith Show ran for 249 episodes before it ended in April 1968. It also sparked two spinoffs: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Mayberry, R.F.D. In 1986, many original cast memb ...