![]() ![]() The demolition contractor, Calvin Gibbs, also didn't return a call. The attorney for the will declined to comment. The will - dated May 3, 2012, two months before Griffith died - turns over most of his property and estate to the trustee of a trust, whose records aren't public. Her husband's will doesn't mention a museum or the property. They didn't discuss whether it would compete with the Andy Griffith Museum in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, Long said.Ĭindi Griffith didn't return messages Wednesday. Griffith wanted the museum to include items from his TV shows, along with memorabilia from his music career, Long said. ![]() The two discussed the possibility when Long had an exhibit of his costumes at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, Long said. William Ivey Long, the Tony Award-winning costume designer whose parents were friends with Griffith and his first wife, Barbara, said Griffith told him in 2007 that he wanted to preserve the older home as a museum. County officials and friends confirmed the permit is to demolish a smaller house along the Roanoke Sound that Griffith bought in the 1950s, not the larger house that he and Cindi built nearby several years ago. (AP) - The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting friends who had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate.Ĭindi Griffith obtained the demolition permit Monday, according to Dare County records. Griffith%2C who died last July%2C was best known for his role on %27The Andy Griffith Show%27.Widow Cindi Griffith obtained the demolition permit Monday.The actor%27s friends had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate. ![]()
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