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.

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, beloved as a small-town sheriff on the popular television program "The Andy Griffith Show," died of a heart attack, according to his ...

Actor Andy Griffith died this morning at his home in North Carolina, NBC News reports. He was 86. Griffith may have been most famous for his roles in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock," but he ...

Griffith's career spanned more than a half-century on stage, film and television, but he would always be best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor in the television show set in a North Carolina town not too ...

US President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, to actor Andy Griffith in the East Room of the White House in this November 9, 2005 file photo ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - 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 ...