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Cast members who have died: Andy Griffith, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor, died in 2012 in Manteo at age 86. Don Knotts, who played deputy Barney Fife, died in 2006 in Los Angeles at 81. Aneta Corsaut, who played schoolteacher Helen Crump, died in 1995 in Los Angeles at 62.
Director Ron Howard, who played Opie on The Andy Griffith Show as a child, remembered Griffith as someone who truly changed my life..Griffith was survived by his wife, Cindi Knight, and his adopted daughter Dixie Nann Griffith.conic TV personality Andy Griffith died one year ago today (July 3). Griffith, who passed away at age 86, was best known for the characters Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, which ran from 1960 to 1968, and as the title character in the courtroom drama Matlock, which ran from 1986 to 1995.