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Events on Friday 24 February 2006 1
1924 – 2006Don Knotts (1924-2006)Died 24 February 2006, aged 81Don Knotts, the American actor and comedian best known as Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," died of pulmonary and respiratory complications. He won five Emmy Awards for the role. His comic timing made him one of television's most recognizable character actors.