Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on TV’s The Andy Griffith Show, has died at the age of 87.
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 died peacefully at his home in Hawaii, with his husband, Stan Cadwallader, at his side.
Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in the early 1960s.