written by john c ashworth
I watched a lot of Gomer Pyle re-runs back when I was a kid 🙂 He was a truly interesting and somehow magnetic character in spite of his goofiness. Maybe a pre-cursor to a 'Forest Gump' like persona...
RIP Jim Nabors.
-John
Source: Jim Nabors, 87, TV’s Gomer Pyle, Is Dead - The New York Times