Legendary actor, Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on TV’s
“The Andy Griffith Show,” has died at 87. He died peacefully at his home in
Hawaii on Thursday with h
is husband, Stan Cadwallader, at his side.
Cadwallader says Nabors’ health had been declining for the
past year. His immune system also was suppressed after he underwent a liver
transplant about 20 years ago.
Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy
Griffith Show” in the early 1960s. 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.” Nabors’ operatic voice also
made him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces.
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