{{short description|American film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard O. Linke | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|10|23}} | birth_place = [[Queens, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|6|15|1917|10|23}} | death_place = [[Hawaii]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/arts/television/richard-linke-andy-griffiths-talent-manager-dies-at-98.html|title=Richard Linke, Andy Griffith’s Talent Manager, Dies at 98|first=Sam|last=Roberts|date=20 June 2016|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-richard-o-linke-andy-griffiths-longtime-manager-dies-2016-6|title=Richard O. Linke, Andy Griffith's longtime manager, dies|agency=Associated Press|website=Business Insider}}</ref> | burial_place = [[Punchbowl National Cemetery]], [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], U.S. | occupation = Film producer | parents = | children = 3 | relatives = | years_active = 1960–1986 }}

'''Richard Oscar "Dick" Linke''' (October 23, 1917 &ndash; June 15, 2016) was an American [[television producer]]. He produced over 200 television episodes between 1960 and 1986. Linke was [[Andy Griffith]]'s [[personal manager]] for nearly 40 years and was a 25% owner of [[The Andy Griffith Show]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==Biography== Linke was born in [[Queens, New York]], on October 24, 1917. He died at his home in [[Hawaii]] of natural causes on June 15, 2016.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/richard-o-linke-dead-producer-andy-griffith-manager-1201797085/|title=Richard O. Linke, Producer and Personal Manager of Andy Griffith, Dies at 98|first1=Maria|last1=Cavassuto|date=16 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://woub.org/2016/06/16/ou-alumnus-richard-linke-the-man-who-made-mayberry-dies-at-98/|title=OU Alumnus Richard Linke "The Man Who Made Mayberry" Dies at 98|date=16 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> He graduated from Ohio University in Athens with bachelor's degree in journalism, and then worked for the Associated Press in New York City starting in 1941. He later went into public relations.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sam|first=Roberts|date=20 Jun 2017|title=Richard Linke, Andy Griffith’s Talent Manager, Dies at 98|pages=Section A, p. 23|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/arts/television/richard-linke-andy-griffiths-talent-manager-dies-at-98.html|access-date=22 Feb 2022}}</ref> In his later years he returned to Athens and taught at Ohio University for about a decade before moving to Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 Jun 2016|title=OU Alumnus Richard Linke “The Man Who Made Mayberry” Dies at 98|work=WOUB online|url=https://woub.org/2016/06/16/ou-alumnus-richard-linke-the-man-who-made-mayberry-dies-at-98/|access-date=22 Feb 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0512914|Richard O. Linke}}

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