Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a scientifically unsubstantiated hypothesis that suggests the burning of a person's body without an external source of ignition. Although there is much speculation and controversy over SHC, it is not a proven natural occurrence.
Linda Purl who played Charlene Matlock on the Matlock TV show was in every episode of the first season except episode #14, The Rat Pack. Her former husband from a very short marriage, Desi Arnaz Jr. was guest-starring on that episode.
Best known by the public for his starring roles as Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and the title character in Matlock (1986). He and Don Knotts were best friends from 1955 to Friday, February 24, 2006, when Don Knotts lost his life.uffered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome and couldn't walk for 7 months. His son, Andy Griffith Jr. , died of alcoholism, in 1996. His two children, Andy Griffith Jr. and Dixie Griffith, were from his first of three wives, Barbara Griffith, as they decided to be parents, by adoption.