George Lindsey, Andy Griffith Show’s Goober, dies at 83

WBRC ^ | 5/7/12 | Kate Stanhope

[Kartographer]

George Lindsey, best known for playing Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, has died. He was 83 years old.

Lindsey died Sunday in Nashville after an extended hospitalization, The Tennessean reports. An Alabama native, Lindsey went to college to become a teacher, but joined the United States Air Force in the '50s. He eventually moved to New York to study acting and began appearing in stage productions.

[Kartographer]

Rest in Peace George.

"Judy, Judy, Judy..."

[digger48]

[unkus]

RIP

[Buckeye McFrog]

He once worked as a high school science teacher in Hazel Green, Alabama. But found his success being Goober.

It’s sure ‘nuff a wacky planet sometimes.

[ExCTCitizen]

Rest in Peace George.

I have to agree rest in Peace!!

[MarkL]

Many years ago, there was a "George Lindsey's" restaurant in Kansas City, where they served very good comfort food, as I recall. There was also a "Minie Pearl's"

Mark