Andy Griffith remembered

Anna Mann and her daughter Serafina, 2, leave flowers next to a statue outside of the Andy Griffith Museum in remembrance of actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012 in Mt. Airy, N.C. Griffith died at his North Carolina home at age 86 on July 3, 2012.

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Andy Griffith mourners place flowers and other heartfelt tributes at the base of the TV Land statue dedicated to "The Andy Griffith Show" at the Andy Griffith Museum on July 3, 2012 in his birthplace of Mt. Airy, N.C.

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Visitors leave flowers next to a statue outside of the Andy Griffith Museum in remembrance of actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012 in Mt. Airy, N.C.

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Kevin Mixon helps his wife Donna Gail Mixon, of Walterboro, S.C., from a sidecar in the Andy Griffith Museum in Mt. Airy, N.C., July 3, 2012. Griffith, the iconic actor and North Carolina native, died at the age of 86.

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Photographs of actor Andy Griffith hang on the wall of the Andy Griffith Theater at the Surry County Arts Council on July 3, 2012 in Mt. Airy, N.C.

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A bouquet of flowers sits at the foot of a statue of Andy Griffith at Pullen Park in Raleigh, N.C., on July 3, 2012.

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Mike and Terry Jones sit outside Wally's Service, a replica of the Andy Griffith Show, in Mt. Airy, N.C., July 3, 2012.

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A lone bouquet rests near the birthplace of actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012, in Mt. Airy, N.C.

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A sign commemorates actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012, in Mt. Airy, N.C.

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Flowers are placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of the late actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012 in Hollywood, Calif. Griffith, best known for his role as the folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry on "The Andy Griffith Show," died July 3, 2012 at the age of 86.

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Flowers are placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of the late actor Andy Griffith on July 3, 2012, in Hollywood, Calif.

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