Actor Jim Nabors marries male partner in Seattle
HONOLULU (AP) - The actor best known for playing the TV character Gomer Pyle in the 1960s has married his male partner of 38 years.
Hawaii News Now reports Jim Nabors and his partner Stan Cadwallader traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle to be married Jan. 15.
Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month.
Nabors is 82 years old. Cadwallader is in his late 60s. Nabors says you've got to solidify something when you've been together as long as they have.
They couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter.
Nabors says he's been open about his homosexuality to co-workers and friends but never acknowledged it to the media before.
Nabors played Gomer Pyle in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." television shows.
Hawaii News Now reports Jim Nabors and his partner Stan Cadwallader traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle to be married Jan. 15.
Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month.
Nabors is 82 years old. Cadwallader is in his late 60s. Nabors says you've got to solidify something when you've been together as long as they have.
They couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter.
Nabors says he's been open about his homosexuality to co-workers and friends but never acknowledged it to the media before.
Nabors played Gomer Pyle in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." television shows.
Congrats!!! I have always loved to watch Gomer Pyle and the Andy Griffith Shows... They are better then todays shows...
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Why is this in your news? I wonder how many straight people got married on the same day?
 @souptonuts I much rather read something positive about a celeb once in a while, unlike Lindsay Lohan who can't stay out of the news....or Duck football player that can't stay out of jail.
 @souptonuts You're in the entertainment section, complaining about news on someone who once entertained millions.The entertainment section is always non news, but people still read it. Not to mention it's still a pretty big deal for gay people,especially people who haven't been able to marry for decades due to it being illegal.
As Gomer would say "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise"  Jim and Stan: All my best wishes to you two. (Jim, in 1982 I drove by your house off the Hana Highway on Maui but you didn't wave back at us. LOL)