Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on ‘Andy Griffith,’ dead at 87

Jim Nabors, who starred as the bumbling gas-station-attendant-turned-Marine Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and his own subsequent spinoff, died Thursday morning in Hawaii. He was 87.His death was confirmed by his husband, Stan Cadwallader.While best known for his role as Pyle, Nabors also had a successful singing career, briefly hosted a variety show and held several stints on stage in Las Vegas.Nabors was born in June 1930 in Alabama, and after graduating from the state&rsqu