 And on this date in 2012, Andy Griffith, who made homespun American Southern wisdom, his trademark is the wise sheriff, and the Andy Griffith Show, dying at his North Carolina home at the age of 86. And Mr. Cronkite, if you would, sir. And that's the way it is. Well, that's the way it was on this date, July the 3rd, as we approach 538. Here is your first-like Delmarva daily download.