Unraveling A Comedy Legend: Facts About Don Knotts That Will Shock You

Family Life

Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. Don was conceived after his parents had already raised other sons. His father had a nervous breakdown at the prospect of raising another child. Knotts’ older brother Earl (nicknamed “Shadow” because of his thinness) died of asthma in 1942, when Knotts was still a teenager.