Don Knotts daed at 81

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By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES -

Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The

Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.

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Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."

[Weez]

truly sad indeed.