'Andy Griffith' Composer, Whistler Dies

Earle Hagen, May 26: The Emmy-winning TV composer, who penned the themes for 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' and 'That Girl' and whose folksy whistling follows Andy and Opie Griffith on their stroll around Mayberry in 'The Andy Griffith Show,' died of natural causes at age 88.

Hagen, who is heard whistling the folksy tune for "The Andy Griffith Show," died Monday night at his home in Rancho Mirage, his wife, Laura, said Tuesday. He had been in ill health for several months.