Editing Andy Griffith (section)

==Personal life==
In 1945, while a student at the University of North Carolina, Griffith was initiated as a member of [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]], a national social music fraternity for men.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinfonia.org/news/SN-2012-07-03.asp |title=Brother Andy Griffith – Dead at 86 |publisher=Sinfonia.org |access-date=February 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110104316/http://www.sinfonia.org/news/SN-2012-07-03.asp |archive-date=January 10, 2013 }}</ref>

Griffith and Barbara Bray Edwards were married on August 22, 1949, and they adopted two children: a son named Andy Samuel Griffith Jr. (born in 1957 and better known as Sam Griffith) and a daughter named Dixie Nann Griffith.<ref>Ostrow, Joanne (July 6, 2012).[http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21021477/andy-griffiths-denver-based-daughter-dixie-reflects-life "Ostrow: Andy Griffith's Denver-based daughter Dixie reflects on life with Dad"] ''[[Denver Post]]''. Retrieved August 20, 2012.</ref><ref>Huffman, Dane (July 3, 2012).[http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/jul/03/andy-griffith-timeline-ar-2404865/ "Andy Griffith timeline"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130130045710/http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/jul/03/andy-griffith-timeline-ar-2404865/ |date=January 30, 2013 }} [[WNCN|NBC 17 News]]. Retrieved August 20, 2012.</ref> They divorced in 1972. Sam, a [[Real estate development|real-estate developer]], died in 1996 after years of alcoholism.<ref>Van Derbeken, Jaxon (January 18, 1996).[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ANDY+GRIFFITH%27S+SON+DIES+AFTER+BATTLING+ALCOHOLISM-a083900866 "Andy Griffith's Son Dies after Battling Alcoholism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709122702/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ANDY+GRIFFITH%27S+SON+DIES+AFTER+BATTLING+ALCOHOLISM-a083900866 |date=July 9, 2013 }} ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' (hosted by [[TheFreeLibrary.com]]). Retrieved January 14, 2010.</ref> The senior Griffith's second wife was Solica Cassuto, a Greek actress. They were married from 1973 to 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/02/real-andy-griffith-lives-among-us-quietly |title=The real Andy Griffith lives among us, quietly |publisher=hamptonroads.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115160725/http://hamptonroads.com/2008/02/real-andy-griffith-lives-among-us-quietly |archive-date=January 15, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref> Griffith and Cindi Knight married on April 12, 1983, after they met while she was a cast member of ''[[The Lost Colony (play)|The Lost Colony]]''.  They remained married until Griffith's death.<ref>Strickland, Sandy. "[https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2012/07/04/andy-griffiths-ties-first-coast/15862066007/ Andy Griffith's ties to the First Coast]," ''The Florida Times-Union,'' July 4, 2021. Retrieved Oct. 8, 2023.</ref> Griffith also had three granddaughters through his daughter Dixie.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ostrow | first=Joanne | title=Andy Griffith's Denver-based daughter Dixie reflects on life with Dad | website=The Denver Post | date=2012-07-06 | url=https://www.denverpost.com/2012/07/06/ostrow-andy-griffiths-denver-based-daughter-dixie-reflects-on-life-with-dad/ | access-date=2023-02-13}}</ref>

According to the 2015 book ''Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show'', [[Aneta Corsaut]] and the married Griffith had an [[Adultery|ongoing affair]] throughout the five years they worked together on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''; the affair was an open secret amongst the cast and crew.<ref>{{cite book |title=Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show |first=Daniel |last=De Visé |year=2015 |pages=146–147 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4767-4773-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/andydonmakingoff0000devi/page/146/mode/2up?q=affair |access-date=2023-05-14 |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive text collection]] |url-access=limited}}</ref>

===Health and death===
Griffith's first serious health problem was in April 1983 when he was diagnosed with [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]] and could not walk for seven months because of paralysis from the knees down.<ref>{{cite news | date = May 17, 1983 | access-date = September 11, 2010 | work = The Pittsburgh Press | title = Andy Griffith in Hospital | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4RshAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074,203520&dq=guillain+barre+andy+griffith}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date = May 18, 1983 | access-date = September 11, 2010 | title = Andy Griffith recovering from Ailment
| work = Lodi News-Sentinel | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=INkzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5377,2030872
}}</ref>

On May 9, 2000, he underwent quadruple heart-[[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]] at [[Sentara Norfolk General Hospital]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=June 14, 2000 |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PcodAAAAIBAJ&pg=6868,2837711&dq=andy+griffith+bypass |title=Andy Griffith recovering from heart attack, bypass surgery |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref>

After a fall, Griffith underwent hip surgery on September 5, 2007, at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/15/andy_griffith_s_health_is_failing |title=Griffith has hip surgery |publisher=Starpulse.com |date=September 15, 2006 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref>

On July 3, 2012, Griffith died at his [[Roanoke Island]] home in [[Manteo, North Carolina]], from a heart attack he had the day before; he was 86.<ref name="NYT_Obit">{{cite news | date = July 3, 2012 | access-date = July 3, 2012 | title =Andy Griffith, TV's Lawman and Moral Compass, Dies at 86 | author = Douglas Martin | work = [[The New York Times]] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/arts/television/andy-griffith-actor-dies-at-86.html }}</ref><ref name = AP>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.yahoo.com/death-certificate-griffith-died-heart-attack-212157565.html |title=Death certificate: Griffith died of heart attack |publisher=News.yahoo.com |date=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709005831/http://news.yahoo.com/death-certificate-griffith-died-heart-attack-212157565.html |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref> His death certificate listed [[hypertension]], [[coronary artery disease]], and [[hyperlipidemia]] as underlying health conditions.<ref name = AP/> In accordance with prior arrangements, no services were held at the time, and he was buried in a cemetery on the island within five hours of his death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andy Griffith buried shortly after death, source says|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/north-carolina-griffith-burial/index.html |access-date=July 3, 2012|work=CNN|date=July 3, 2012|location=Atlanta, GA}}</ref>