Don Knott’s Daughter Left His Deathbed so She Could Laugh

Don Knotts, best known for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, died on Feb. 24, 2006 at the age of 81. He died from pulmonary and respiratory complications as a result of lung cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His family was by his side, including daughter Karen Knotts who, at one point, excused herself from the hospital room because she was laughing so hard. 

Don Knotts smiling at the camera.
Don Knotts | Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Don Knotts was cracking jokes until the very end — just ask his daughter

“Here’s the thing about my dad,” Karen told Closer Weekly in 2018. “He had this funniness that was just completely, insanely natural. When he was dying, he was making us laugh in hysterics.”

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