Knotts played his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife. Griffith died at the age of 86 following a heart attack in 2012. Knotts died in 2006 at the age of 81 of complications from lung cancer. Howard went ...

Ron Howard revealed some startling information about his former Andy Griffith Show co-star Don Knotts in an Instagram post last weekend. Knotts, the celebrated comedian who died at 81 in 2006 ...

“It was recently confirmed that Don and I were actually distant cousins ... Knotts played Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. Knotts died in 2006. He was 81 years old. Griffith died in 2012 at ...

Knotts died in 2006 at the age of 81 of complications ... social media that showed him with his co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. Related video above: 2025 movie preview “A fun photo ...