Celebrities You Thought Are Long Gone But They Are Still Alive & Kicking!
Ron Howard – 67
The Andy Griffith Show was an immensely popular sitcom which aired from 1960-1968, with a total of 249 episodes and 8 seasons. The show’s star Andy Griffith starred in another hit series, Matlock. He died in 2012 when he was 86. Frances Bavier who played aunt Bee in the show also starred in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. She died 1989, also aged 86. Don Knotts, also fondly remembered from Three’s Company, played Barney Fife in the show. He died in 2006 when he was 81 years old. Ron Howard, 64, who played young Opie Taylor in the show is now a world-famous director with huge bank accounts as he is responsible for iconic and financially successful films like A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
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