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Jim Nabors, Gomer Pyle and 'The Andy Griffith Show'

You've gotta love those eccentric characters surrounding Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, whether you're talking about Hal Smith as Otis the Drunk, Howard McNear as Floyd the Barber, Don ...

From ‘Gomer Pyle’ to ‘Boots,' and the long, stagnant march of acceptance for the gay Marine

Opinion: 60 years after the gay actor Jim Nabors played a straight Marine, gay actor Miles Heizer plays a gay one, while ...
WBAL

Jim Nabors, best-known as TV’s Gomer Pyle, dead at 87

(HAWAII) — Actor and singer Jim Nabors, best known for playing lovably naive Gomer Pyle on TV’s The Andy Griffith Show and its spinoff, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C, has died at age 87. A representative of ...
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Remember when Gomer Pyle became a robot alien? Jim Nabors’ strangest role is now streaming

Anyone who was a kid in the 1970s remembers watching the mind-bending, fever-dream shows created by Canadian brothers Sid and Marty Kroft. They also created a live-action show that featured an Alabama ...
WBAL

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died ...
Indianapolis Monthly

Indy 500's Stalwart Singer Jim Nabors Comes Out: "You Just Have to Get Above It"

Though he has been whispering it to confidants for decades, the news emerged in mass media just today: The artist formerly known as Gomer Pyle is gay. A stalwart of Indianapolis 500 festivities, Jim ...
Sacramento Bee

Jim Nabors, who made cheery Gomer Pyle a TV icon, dies at 87

Jim Nabors made good on his last name when he brought Gomer Pyle to “The Andy Griffith Show.” His big-hearted, ever-cheery gas-pump jockey was a neighborly fit in the easygoing town of Mayberry. But ...
NBC Los Angeles

“Gomer Pyle” Actor Jim Nabors Marries Male Partner

The actor best known for playing the TV character Gomer Pyle in the 1960s has married his male partner of 38 years. Hawaii News Now reports Jim Nabors and his partner, Stan Cadwallader, traveled from ...
Reuters

'Gomer Pyle' actor Jim Nabors weds long-time male partner

SEATTLE (Reuters) - American actor Jim Nabors, the star of 1960s television comedy "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," married his long-time male partner at a Seattle hotel this month. Nabors, 82, also a singer, ...
Post and Courier

Jim Nabors, known as Gomer Pyle on 'Andy Griffith Show,' dies at 87

HONOLULU — Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died ...
WRAL

Jim Nabors, Gomer Pyle on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 87

Jim Nabors, a singer and actor best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died, according to family friend and CNN affiliate KHNL-KGMB producer Phil Arnone. Jim Nabors, a ...