The placid, lapping waters of the Roanoke Sound are the first things Andy Griffith hears most mornings, as he looks toward the tiny peak of the Wright Memorial, across from his waterfront estate on ...

WRAL: Bill would make 'The Andy Griffith Show' North Carolina’s official TV show

An iconic television show synonymous with North Carolina’s cultural fabric continues to resonate with its citizens decades later. Now, a new layer of recognition for The Andy Griffith Show is on the ...

Bill would make 'The Andy Griffith Show' North Carolina’s official TV show

Yahoo: Andy Griffith's 3 Spouses: All About His Marriages to Barbara Edwards, Solica Cassuto and Cindi Knight

Andy Griffith found his forever love in his third wife, Cindi Knight. At the time he catapulted to fame on The Andy Griffith Show, he was married to Barbara Edwards, with whom he welcomed two children ...

Andy Griffith's 3 Spouses: All About His Marriages to Barbara Edwards, Solica Cassuto and Cindi Knight

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.

Roanoke (/ ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. It lies in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, within the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains.

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