{"id":133942,"date":"2017-11-30T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133942"},"modified":"2017-12-01T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:04:00","slug":"jim-nabors-passes-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133942","title":{"rendered":"Jim Nabors passes, at the age of 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-133943\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NaborsJim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NaborsJim.jpg 187w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NaborsJim-122x175.jpg 122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on TV&#8217;s &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show,&#8221; has died at 87.<\/p>\n<p>Nabors died peacefully at his home in Hawaii on Thursday with his husband, Stan Cadwallader, at his side. He was 87.<\/p>\n<p>Cadwallader says Nabors&#8217; health had been declining for the past year. His immune system also was suppressed after he underwent a liver transplant about 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Nabors became an instant success when he joined &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show&#8221; in the early 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>The character of Gomer Pyle, the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim &#8220;Gollllll-ly!&#8221; proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in &#8220;Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nabors&#8217; operatic voice also made him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on TV&#8217;s &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show,&#8221; has died at 87. Nabors died peacefully at his home in Hawaii on Thursday with his husband, Stan Cadwallader, at his side. He was 87. Cadwallader says Nabors&#8217; health had been declining for the past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133957,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133942\/revisions\/133957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}