Sunday, February 26, 2006
RIP Don Knotts
You always hate to lose anyone. But when the person you've lost happens to be one of the most beloved actors in history, that sinking feeling you get in your heart always seems to sink quite a bit lower. Don Knotts, remembered best as Deputy Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show) and Ralph Furley (Three's Company), has died at age 81.Knotts, whose shy, soft-spoken manner was unlike his high-strung characters, once said he was most proud of the Fife character and doesn't mind being remembered that way.We'll miss you, Don. (Link -- BoingBoing -- Fark Thread -- Don Knotts at IMDb)His favorite episodes, he said, were "The Pickle Story," where Aunt Bea makes pickles no one can eat, and "Barney and the Choir," where no one can stop him from singing.
"I can't sing. It makes me sad that I can't sing or dance well enough to be in a musical, but I'm just not talented in that way," he lamented. "It's one of my weaknesses."
