Steve Kraske | Beware banking on the polls of June

Kidz Rock! Inc. would like to wish a very happy birthday to Andy Griffith (1926-),an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in

Andy Griffith – actor, comedian, gospel singer – turns 86 years old today and will presumably celebrate quietly at his home on Roanoke Island in North Carolina. He is best known for his two great TV roles, as Sheriff Andy Taylor and as country lawyer

By Joseph Markman Born today in history: actor Andy Griffith (1926), Marilyn Monroe (1926), Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood (1947), Son of Sam serial skiller David Berkowitz (1953), White House Press Secretary under

Earle Hagen wrote the theme song for The Andy Griffith Show (he also produced). He also wrote theme songs for several other popular shows of that time, including the Dick Van Dyke show. Everett Sloane wrote the lyrics.

The issue will be available on June 6, 2012 (AP Photo/DC Entertainment) **FILE** Andy Griffith sits in front of a bronze statue of Andy and Opie from the "Andy Griffith Show," in this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003 file photo, after the statue was unveiled