Don Knotts has died at age 81.

He was Barney Fife, he was Ralph Furley, and he was Dubya. But for me, he’ll always be Theodore Ogelvie from The Apple Dumpling Gang.

— Shakes

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.