Don Knotts
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Don Knotts was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. He served for special services to entertain troops as a ventriloquist
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A statue of Don Knotts sits on High Street in Morgantown, W.Va., date not known. Sculptor Jamie Lester created the statue. Knotts, a Morgantown native who died in 2006, is best known as the actor who portrayed deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" during the 1960s, a role in which he won five Emmy awards, but this is not a statue of the hilarious deputy. It depicts the man, Don Knotts.(April Singleton/Times-West Virginian via AP )
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Mayberry was home to (from left) Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor in the 1960s. (Viacom via Associated Press)
