MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Betty Lynn, who was best known as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died at the age of 95. The Andy Griffith Museum said in a statement that ...

File -- Actress Betty Lynn (right), who played Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, is making a series of appearances at the new Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy. Nancy O'Bryant (left) of Mobile, ...

Barney Fife’s best gal is about to turn 90. Betty Lynn — who played Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show” and later became a resident of the town that inspired Mayberry — will celebrate her birthday ...

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it includes an ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife’s sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. She was 95. Lynn died ...