# Don Knotts, dead at 81

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-dead-at-81/346116>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-dead-at-81/346116 "2006-02-25T23:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-dead-at-81/346116/1 "2006-02-25T23:11:06Z")

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> **[Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 81](https://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-donknotts-obit-story.html)**
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> Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills.

He was a veritable human punch line – he knew how to use his funny features to go along with his great comic timing.

My exposure to him was mostly on Three’s Company reruns and cameo spots.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-dead-at-81/346116/2 "2006-02-25T23:24:57Z")

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Similair thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360516).

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-dead-at-81/346116/3 "2006-02-25T23:41:05Z")

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Please take your comments to the aforementioned other thread on this topic.