His Co-Stars Never Left His Side
In Knotts’ final moments, his wife and children were in the room, but his longtime co-star in Mayberry also came to say his goodbyes. And he recalled the fact that while most people knew Knotts by the name “Don,” Andy Griffith preferred to call him by his first name Jesse, even though Knotts disliked the name. And it wasn’t just his incredible career that made his friends stick by his side, but Knotts’ devotion to creating joy and laughter for everyone in his life, which he had done for decades…