Andy Griffith had two children: a son, Andy Samuel Griffith Jr., who died in 1996 and his daughter, Dixie. Dixie shared with author Daniel de Visé in his 2015 book Andy and Don: The Making of a ...

“Andrew Samuel Griffith Jr. had been born the previous December ... The younger Griffith’s death devastated his father. Andy was consoled by his old friend and show partner, Don Knotts.

the patriarch of small towns, died today ... "The Andy Griffith Show" finished its run in 1968. As Griffith exited his weekly role, the South was boiling over. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

In 1996, his son Andy Griffith Jr. died at age 37 after battling alcoholism. “It affected my dad on a very, very deep level,” said Dixie. “I went to my brother’s funeral service ...

Andy Samuel “Sam” Griffith Jr. Griffith and Edwards' son ... The couple divorced shortly after. Sam died at age 38 in January 1996. He was found unresponsive by a roommate in his L.A. apartment.

There were no signs of foul play or visible injuries on the body of Andy Samuel Griffith Jr., 38, whose death was discovered by his roommate at 4:22 a. m., according to Los Angeles County Coroner ...

William Emmett Forest Jr. died on Saturday at the Joan and Howard ... He was 85 years old.The Mount Airy News indicated Forest was actor Andy Griffith’s best friend and most ardent supporter ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Andy Griffith, the actor best known for his role on The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, died on Tuesday after ... Andrew Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and known as Sam ...

Over a decade after the actor died in 2012, his daughter remembered ... Griffith and Edwards' son, Andy Samuel Griffith Jr. (nicknamed “Sam”), was born in December 1957.