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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

12-31-69

In Praise of Don Knotts, TV's Livest Wire [6min]

The wiry, nerdy Deputy Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith Show, has died at 81. Bob Thompson of the Center for the Study of Popular Television has an appreciation of one of TV's most memorable characters.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"