Hawaii resident Jim Nabors married his longtime male partner earlier today. Although his sexual orientation was known by seemingly everyone in Hawaii since he moved there over three decades ago, Jim Nabors, surprisingly until now, "has never confirmed to the media that he is gay." (His reticence seems quaint, does it not?)
Jim Nabors played the title character in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., one of the nation's most popular comedies in the Sixties. Gomer was a naive, good-hearted private who unintentionally got the better of drill Sgt. Carter, who never could drum him out of the Corps. On a few occasions Jim Nabors would step out of his bumbling character and belt a ballad in a powerful baritone. His singing talent led to a successful musical stage and TV career, but to the public at large he will always be Gomer Pyle. We hope that he and his partner have much happiness.
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