Her Reclusive Cat Lady Years

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Frances-Bavier-did-not-like-Andy-Griffith/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

There’s also the fact that Bavier seems to have been suffering from one or more mental illnesses over the course of her life. She never married, her on-set behavior was occasionally quite disruptive, and she was apparently an animal hoarder near the end. She died alone in her home several days after being released from the hospital at age 86.