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Jim Nabors, a longtime actor best known for playing Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith show, died Thursday at the age of 87. More on this as it develops.

HONOLULU (AP) — A celebration of actor Jim Nabors' 85th birthday and 40th anniversary brought nearly 300 people to his Honolulu lawn. Messages rolled in from across the country for the man who portrayed Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported (http://bit.ly/1L61JKd). Friday marked not only his birthday but the start of his 40th year with his now-husband, Stan Cadwallader. Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan Jr., commanding general of the United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, delivered congratulations from President Barack Obama.

Jim Nabors, the actor best known for playing Gomer Pyle on TV in the 1960s, has married his longtime male partner... The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter...

Charlie Rangel probe has Palm Beach connectionBy Shannon Donnelly Daily News Society Editor Updated: 6:58 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 More proof that Palm Beach is the center of the media universe. The businessman at the center of the Charlie Rangel flap is Eugene Isenberg, a generous supporter of local arts charities and a resident of — wait for it — Breakers Row. Isenberg, who pledged $1 million to the CCNY school to be named for Rangel, met with Rangel more than a year later to discuss a tax break that Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means...

TV legend and Hawaii's own Jim Nabors was honored Friday night. The actor, best known as Gomer Pyle from the TV series of the same name, will receive the American Patriot award, given by the Navy League of Honolulu. Nabors has been in show business for nearly 50 years. He's had a successful career in acting as well as singing, and created friendships with celebrities like former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, his wife Nancy, and Carol Burnett. Bcause of his portrayal of Gomer Pyle, he's developed a close relationship with the military, especially the Marine Corps. "The general asked me...

Got Me Lookin' Like Gomer Pyle* * If you didn't know, the subject line is from a marching cadence. Otherwise, this would be a "Separated at Birth?" post including the above picture of John Kerry and Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors.)