Barney Fife takes more souls to the grave

Proving the "Celebrities always die in threes" rule, Don Knotts apparently refused to go lonely into the long night, and killed the dad from A Christmas Story, and some other guy.

Darren McGavin's (above) last words were allegedly "I'm getting grouped in with Barney Fife and some chump from Gunsmoke? This is bullshit!" However, he should at least feel good that he died in time to get jammed into the upcoming Academy Awards' annual "Dead People From Hollywood" tribute. And unlike Gunsmoke's Dennis Weaver, enough people will probably recognize McGavin enough to clap with slightly more polite disinterest.