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Jim Nabors Undergoing Heart Surgery
16 May 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran singer/actor Jim Nabors is set to undergo heart surgery later this month.
The former star of 1960s TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was diagnosed with aortic stenois - a narrowing of the aortic heart valve - earlier this year and he's due to have a replacement operation at a Honolulu, Hawaii medical centre on 29 May.
The 81 year old tells the National Enquirer, "It's about a three-hour surgery, and if all goes well, I should have to spend only one night in the hospital. This is less invasive than having to open my chest, but anything that has to do with the heart area is always a bit scary, especially at my age."
The actor has been suffering with declining health in recent years - he received a liver transplant in 1994 and last year, he was hospitalised with a throat infection.
The Andy Griffith Show star's latest crisis will force Nabors to bow out of his annual Memorial Day tradition of performing his hit tune Back Home Again at the Indianapolis 500 car race, a ritual he's kept since 1987. »
Jim Nabors to miss 2012 Indianapolis 500
7 May 2012 6:15 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
First Goober Pyle passes away, now Gomer Pyle is missing the Indy 500! Say it ain't so, Andy Griffith.
USA Today is reporting that Jim Nabors will miss the Indy 500 auto race on May 27, 2012 because he has to undergo heart surgery later this month. A film crew will travel to fly to Hawaii next week to film Nabors singing his famous pre-race celebration song "Back Home Again in Indiana."
The 81-year-old TV star began performing the song for the annual race in 1972 and has performed the song every year but once since 1987, when Nabors missed the 2007 race due to health reasons also. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
'Andy Griffith Show' Star Found Dead At 83
6 May 2012 3:06 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Nashville, Tenn. — George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83.
The Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died early Sunday morning after a brief illness.
Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, "Mayberry Rfd," from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character on "Hee Haw" from 1971 until it went out of production in 1993.
"America has grown up with me," Lindsey said in an Associated Press interview in 1985. "Goober is every man; everyone finds something to like about ol' Goober."
He joined "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964 when Jim Nabors, portraying Gomer Pyle, left the program. Goober Pyle, who had been mentioned on the show as Gomer's cousin, replaced him.
"At that time, we were the best acting ensemble on TV," Lindsey once told an interviewer. »
- AP
R.I.P. George Lindsey
6 May 2012 2:31 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
George Lindsey, the Alabama native who played Goober on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry Rfd and Hee Haw, died early this morning in Nashville after a brief illness. He was 83. Goober was the cousin of the character Gomer Pyle played by Jim Nabors. Griffith issued a statement: “George Lindsey was my friend … Our last conversation was a few days ago … I am happy to say that as we found ourselves in our eighties, we were not afraid to say `I love you.’ That was the last thing George and I had to say to each other. `I love you’.” Best known as Goober, Lindsey had a long TV career that included roles in Gunsmoke, Mash, The Wonderful World of Disney, CHIPs, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Real McCoys, The Rifleman, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Twilight Zone. Movie roles included Cannonball Run II, Take This Job and Shove It »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
George Lindsey, The Legendary "Goober" Of Mayberry, Dead At Age 83
6 May 2012 2:21 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Lee Pfeiffer
Actor George Lindsey has been found dead at age 83. Although he had a long and varied career that included stand-up comedy, he is best remembered by generations of fans as Goober Pyle, the lovable but simple-minded garage mechanic from the legendary Andy Griffith Show. The series' long run in the 1960s ensured its status as an evergreen comedy and it maintains an active fan base that gathers for annual conventions. The close-knit cast continued their ties over the decades and, in learning of Lindsey's passing, Andy Griffith said he had only spoken to him a few days ago. Lindsey took on a key role in the series playing the cousin of Gomer Pyle, played by Jim Nabors. When Nabors quit the series in order to star in the equally successful Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Lindsay managed to pick up the slack and become accepted as popular cast member, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
TV's 'Goober' George Lindsey Dead at 83
6 May 2012 1:35 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Actor and comedian George Lindsey -- Goober on TV's "Andy Griffith Show" -- died early Sunday morning after an extended illness, his family announced. He was 83 years old. Lindsey auditioned for the role of Gomer Pyle, but fellow actor and Alabama native Jim Nabors ended up with the part. When Nabors got his own show later, Lindsey was approached about resuming his role of Goober, which he did for the next five years. Also read: Jack Elinson, Veteran TV Comedy Writer, Dies at 89 "George Lindsey was my friend," said Griffith in a »
- Todd Cunningham
'Andy Griffith Show' Star Found Dead At 83
6 May 2012 10:12 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Nashville, Tenn. — George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83.
The Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died early Sunday morning after a brief illness.
Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, "Mayberry Rfd," from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character on "Hee Haw" from 1971 until it went out of production in 1993.
"America has grown up with me," Lindsey said in an Associated Press interview in 1985. "Goober is every man; everyone finds something to like about ol' Goober."
He joined "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964 when Jim Nabors, portraying Gomer Pyle, left the program. Goober Pyle, who had been mentioned on the show as Gomer's cousin, replaced him.
"At that time, we were the best acting ensemble on TV," Lindsey once told an interviewer. »
- AP
George 'Goober' Lindsey Dead -- 'Andy Griffith Show' Star Dies at 83
6 May 2012 9:53 AM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
George Lindsey -- who appeared on such classic TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "Gunsmoke" and "Hee Haw" -- died Sunday morning after an extended illness. He was 83.Lindsey -- who grew up in Jasper, Alabama -- will be buried there, reports Wsfa in Tennessee ... but no plans have been made yet. Lindsey was probably best known for playing Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show." He got the part after originally auditioning for the role of Gomer Pyle, »
- TMZ Staff
[Interview] Jack Black On Going To Prison, Playing a Murderer & More For ‘Bernie’
25 April 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Bernie is a troubling feature to sit through. This is a dark comedy that morphs half way through into a trial farce of sorts. Should we laugh at these things or just shake our head at the absurdity? Yet Richard Linklater‘s latest Texas-based film is actually rooted in a true story that played out in public, making it is even more troubling. Thankfully, I had the opportunity at SXSW to sit down at a roundtable with Jack Black, who plays Bernie, to discuss how he developed his version and much more.
How does it feel to join the ranks of Jack Lemmon and Jack Nicholson who’ve romanced Shirley MacLaine on the screen?
Jack Black: You know, it’s a lot of pressure. Those are some powerful Jacks. I feel like the third Jack on that list. Well, I’m definitely the one-eyed Jack.
And you give her »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Five things I want to see from the new Muppet Show
19 March 2012 3:19 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Just before the release of The Muppets movie last November, it was announced that NBC had ordered a script for a brand new television series titled The New Nabors (in homage to late Andy Griffith Show actor Jim Nabors), a single-camera sitcom about a family who are aghast that their new neighbors are Muppets. Not too much seems to be known about the show, but the script is being written by John Hoffman (Good Boy!) and John Riggi (30 Rock). The Muppets made appearances on various programs in their early years, including The Jimmy Dean Show, Saturday Night Live, and obviously Sesame Street, before Incorporated Television Company in the UK gave them a shot with The Muppet Show. Since then there have been feature films, television movies and one brief program, Muppets Tonight, on Disney Channel. But what can one expect from a new Muppet-centric program in this modern age? Here »
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