Don Knotts, TV's Lovable Nerd, Dies at 81

[RC]

Feb 25, 5:47 PM EST

Don Knotts, TV's Lovable Nerd, Dies at 81

By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ
Associated Press Writer


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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.

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."


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[xultar]

1. Thanks for the laughs! RIP Don!

O8)

[FredScuttle]

2. Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn!

I loved Don Knotts. "Apple Dumpling Gang" was the shit and then Mr. Furley? Genius. The generation before mine knew him as Barney Fife and Mr. Limpet and all that jazz, but nothing said comedy to me than seeing Ralph Furley, in his multi-color leisure suits with matching kerchiefs, on the prowl

Goodnight, sweet comic prince

[kentuck]

34. Barney, gone ?

Never...

[Scout1071]

3. OH NO! I love Don Knotts.

RIP Don Knotts. Thanks for the memories.

[Janice325]

4. R.I.P.

I didn't know how much I really loved this kind man until I just now read of his passing.
R.I.P., Mr. Knotts. :cry:
You will be missed.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Kudos to a great and beloved actor! eom

[nonconformist]

6. Oh no! RIP Mr. Knotts, and thanks for the laughs. nt

[Independent_Liberal]

7. RIP Don.

We'll miss you dearly.

[ChazII]

8. RIP

You made the world a better and funnier place.

[truebrit71]

9. What a shame...

Rest in peace... I loved his character on Three's Company...

[SpiralHawk]

10. "Are you nervous?" Knotts: "Newp"

In the wayback era when Knotts was one of the regular "Man in the Street" interview subjects for the brilliant Steve Allen show.

RIP Don Knotts -- thanks for all the laughs

[eleny]

19. That's my first time seeing Don Knott's!

I loved Steve Allen and all his tv programs. He comes back to mind often when I watch Keith Olbermann.

Thanks for the "Newp" reminder!

[mzmolly]

32. Love Steve Allen and Don Knotts

Thank you Mr. Knotts - RIP

[Cooley Hurd]

11. RIP, Barney Furley...

:(

[sandnsea]

12. God Speed

What a funny funny guy. Way to show us how to play the cards you're dealt, he did it better than anyone.

[Janice325]

13. Aww man!!!

I'm sniffling all over the place, watching this thread get longer.
Anyone got some spare hugs???
What a loss.

[brer cat]

39. Hi Janice325. Here's one from Hiawassee, GA

He is a great loss.

:hug:

[GrumpyGreg]

14. "Are you nervous?"---"Noop !!!!""---from the old Steve Allen

Show---along with Tom Poston and Louis Nye.

I'm going waaaay back here!

[Janice325]

16. Me too!!

I go back that far, too. Wow.
Gosh, I feel old now.

[GrumpyGreg]

17. That does happen,doesn't it? It was a great show,though.

[BlueEyedSon]

15. and who could ever forget

Live action + animation in 1964

(looks a little like a Mick Jagger pose, no?)

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Aww. RIP!

[eleny]

20. RIP Don - Thanks for everything

[bbinacan]

21. Here is an earlier thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4802701

[XOKCowboy]

22. Man that's terrible..

He made millions laugh and that's worth a lot of karma. RIP Don and thanks.

[FreedomAngel82]

23. How sad

RIP. :( I loved Andy Griffith!

[FreedomAngel82]

24. Don't forget this guys!

Still hilarious!

http://www.dubyamovie.com/

[annabanana]

26. good heavens...

who put THAT together?

[acmejack]

25. Farewell, Barney!

[annabanana]

27. Rest in Peace...

Dear Funny, Funny Man!

[dannofoot]

28. His turn in "Pleasantville"...

...was simply outstanding.

His character was both a unique creation and tongue-in-cheek nod to his influence on the "innocent" days of TV sitcoms.

Strangely, I've met a lot of women (Mrs. Dannofoot at the forefront) who neither like his work nor find what he did funny. Is it a guy thing?

[Mist]

29. Nope-not a guy thing--I loved him, one of a kind!

"Pleasantville" was a great final role. RIP Mr. Knotts. You will be missed.

[newyawker99]

30. Rest in peace Mr Knotts.

:cry:

[The Backlash Cometh]

31. Waaaaaahhhhhhh!

I'm so sad.

[mzmolly]

33. Awe, he gave to the DNC in 2002

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Don_Knotts.php

[stevedeshazer]

35. NOOOO!!

:(

36. He was hilarious and lovable - thanks Don Knotts

[chat_noir]

37. Don's best role: The Dubya Movie

http://www.dubyamovie.com/

[many a good man]

38. Best damn Deputy EVER!

RIP

[MadisonProgressive]

40. Jeez, Ange must be crushed

Barney was one of the greatest characters in the history of Television. That was Don Knotts. He was a genius.

[brettdale]

41. Poor Mr Furley

RIP.