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Jim Nabors dead; star best known as Gomer Pyle was 87

posted 7 years ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/11/30/jim-nabors-dead-star-best-known-as-gomer-pyle-was-87.html

Jim Nabors, the star who played the clumsy deputy sheriff Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and eventually starred in his own spinoff, has died. He was 87.

Nabors' husband, Stan Cadwallader, told the Associated Press his longtime partner had died peacefully at home in Hawaii by his side.

Nabors, a native of Alabama, became an instant success when he joined "The Andy Griffith Show" in the spring of 1963. The character of Gomer Pyle — the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim "Gollllll-ly!" — proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."

[–] [email protected] (5854) 7 years ago

Not Gomer too! Rance Howard and now Jim Nabors. They must be having a great Mayberry reunion in heaven.

R.I.P. Jim Nabors, we'll miss your humor, sweetness and your great singing voice.

[–] Utpe (658) 7 years ago

Sad. I never really was a fan of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (1964 - 1969), but my father used to watch repeats whenever they aired.

Still, he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. R.I.P Jim.

[–] CowliforniaDream (56) 4 years ago

Hilarious. We watc Pyle every night on the Retro channel.

[–] Adam60z (3766) 4 years ago

Lost episode: Surprise Surprise Surprise! Gomer goes to Vietnam and marries Ho Chi Minh!

[–] CowliforniaDream (56) 4 years ago

I think it would be great if he got married!