Editing Archie Andrews (section)

===Biography===
He is the only child of Mary and Fred Andrews. His father works as a mid-level business executive. His mother, initially a homemaker, takes a job at a real estate agency in later years. Mary and Fred Andrews are of Scottish descent. Archie's paternal grandfather, Andy Andrews, immigrated to the United States from Scotland and befriended [[Moose Mason]]'s Russian ancestor, who had emigrated at the same time. Archie has been depicted wearing the traditional kilt of his ancestors and playing bagpipes (but not very well). His childhood is featured in the "Little Archie" stories, where he had a dog named Spotty.

Outside of dating, Archie largely enjoys sports. He plays [[baseball]], [[basketball]], and [[American football|football]] for the Riverdale High teams. Though often not as good an athlete as Moose Mason, Chuck Clayton or Reggie Mantle, he proves a valuable member of the school team. Coaches [[Riverdale High School (Archie Comics)#Coach Kleats - head coach|Kleats]] and [[Coach Clayton|Clayton]] value him for both his athletic abilities and his team spirit. However, Archie's athletic abilities vary from story to story, due to his frequent clumsiness. He also has a tendency to pay more attention to cheerleaders than to his playing. For this reason, Coach Kleats often tries to avoid resorting to use Archie in a game.

[[Image:Life With Archie 238.jpg|thumb|200px|Issue 238 of ''Life With Archie'' from 1983, in which Archie's jalopy is destroyed]]
Automobiles are one of Archie's hobbies, and he is passionate about his car. For decades, he was shown driving a 1916 [[Ford Model T]] jalopy called "Betsy". In Archie double digest No. 192, it is said to be a [[Ford Model A (1927-1931)|Model A]]. In a story during which Archie tried to have his jalopy insured, he described it as being a "[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Chevy]], [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]], [[Pierce-Arrow]], [[Packard]], [[DeSoto (automobile)|DeSoto]], [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] ..." explaining that his jalopy was "a collection of replacement parts from several junkyards", some of which dated back to 1926.

Archie's jalopy was destroyed permanently in issue No. 238 of ''Life With Archie'', which was published in 1983.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=212875 Life With Archie #238], The Grand Comics Database Project</ref>
In the newer comics, he drives a mid-1960s' [[Ford Mustang]], which is more contemporary in appearance, but still unreliable and prone to breakdowns. ''Archie Digest'' 239, published in October 2007, included a new story in which the one and only Mr. Lodge owned an antique car that had a strong resemblance to Archie's jalopy. The story featured Archie's grandfather who, as a teenager, looked and dressed like Archie from the 1940s. It turned out that he owned the same jalopy that Mr. Lodge now owned.

====Death====
In April 2014, 72 years after the character's first appearance, Archie Comics announced that the adult Archie would die in the July 2014 issue (#36) of ''Life with Archie'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/archie-slated-die-pages-comic-book-article-1.1749348|title=Archie slated to die in pages of comic book|author= Ethan Sacks|date=April 8, 2014|work=NY Daily News}}</ref> while the teenage Archie would continue in the other Archie comic series titles. Archie dies when he is shot in the abdomen while saving his friend, Senator [[Kevin Keller (comics)|Kevin Keller]].<ref name=death>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Archie+Andrews+shot+saving+friend+Kevin+Keller+Life/10028232/story.html "For fans of Archie, comic book character's sacrifice to save gay friend makes an impact"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715152354/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Archie%20Andrews%20shot%20saving%20friend%20Kevin%20Keller%20Life/10028232/story.html |date=July 15, 2014 }}. ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'', July 14, 2014.</ref> The story is written so as to terminate both storylines, without committing to which girl Archie married, and contains several flashbacks to the ''Little Archie'' days. The final issue (#37) is set one year after Archie's death. All his friends memorialize him, and Riverdale High School is officially renamed Archie Andrews High School in his honor. The story ends with Jughead, owner of Juggie's (formerly Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe), serving a sundae to three children who resemble Little Archie, Betty, and Veronica.