'Gomer Pyle' star marries his male partner

Associated Press

Updated 11:58 pm, Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Until now, Jim Nabors, shown performing before the Indy 500 in 2004, has never confirmed to the media that he is gay.
Photo: MICHAEL CONROY, AP

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HONOLULU — The actor best known for playing "Gomer Pyle" in "The Andy Griffith Show" and a spinoff comedy 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 on Jan. 15.

Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month.

The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter. Cadwallader is 64.

Nabors, 82, 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."

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Information from: KGMB-TV, http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/

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