Was jim nabors homosexual

Well gaaaaaaaaaawleeeee. Jim Nabors, the actor best known for portraying lovable dimbulb Gamer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. has passed away this month at the age of Here’s a little bit more about the man and his life.

Nabor&#;s Singing Career

Serving as a stark contrast to Nabors’ embellished high-pitched Southern twang was his tremendously powerful baritone singing voice. Nabors recorded dozens of albums of ballads and easy listening. He scored five gold records and his cover of “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha was a top 20 hit in Australia in
From to , he sang “Back Abode Again in Indiana” at the beginning of the Indianapolis

Gomer Pyle

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. remains one of the most successful spinoffs — and TV sitcoms of any type — in history. It was a top 5 present for four of its five seasons. It was the second-most-watched show on television in when it was canceled — because Nabors wanted to relocate on and try something different. CBS quickly came up with The Jim Nabors Hour, a primetime reality show that ran for two years.
The Marines never promoted Gomer Pyle above private rank. But in , the Marines made Nabors an hon

FIVE GAY ACTORS IN MID-CENTURY HOLLYWOOD

by David Ehrenstein

Now that gay actors like Nathan Lane, Jim Parsons, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, and Neil Patrick Harris are &#;out of the closet&#; and on the rise, it&#;s complicated to imagine just how different things were in the relatively recent past. Not only was the notion of being openly gay and having a viable career unimaginable, but gayness itself was also a concept polite world couldn&#;t countenance. &#;Homosexuals&#; subsisted on society’s margins, mentioned only in whispered gossip, fearsome psychiatric studies, and Conservative diatribes decrying perversion.

Hiding In Plain Sight

Still, in spite of it all, gay men managed to make their way to very top of the acting profession in the gilded closets of Hollywood. In this covert context, bigtime careers and personal lives proceeded with a calculated risk that can fascinate us today. Here are five of the most noteworthy examples of gay actors in mid-Century Hollywood.

LIBERACE

Liberace was an utterly unique entertainer. A pianist whose act consisted of an abbreviated arrangement of select &#;classical&#; tunes (Chopin, Tchaikovsky) freely mixed with popular &#;favorit

Thread: at age 82 Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) finally comes out of the closet

by marrying his firefighter significant other of 38 years no less

is anyone shocked?

By Christie D'Zurilla
January 30, , a.m.

Jim Nabors, beloved to audiences as TV's Gomer Pyle, has married Stan Cadwallader, his partner of 38 years.

The wedding took place Jan. 15 in front of a evaluate at a Seattle hotel, said Hawaii News Now, which first reported the news Tuesday. Washington declare legalized gay marriage in December

"I'm not ashamed of people knowing. It's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't tell anybody," said Nabors, 82, a resident of Honolulu. "I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years, and I feel very blessed."

Nabors and year-old Cadwallader, then a firefighter, met in in Honolulu.

"The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, USMC" alum told Hawaii News Now that he hadn't acknowledged his sexuality before to the media, though he said he was open about it to friends and co-workers when he was working in Hollywood in the s and '70s.

"I haven't ever made a public spectacle of it. Well, I've famous since I was a child, so, come on. It's not that thoughtful of a t
Oh sure, Seattle’s had its share of cute weddings, but the cutest — one four decades in the making — is the union of Jim Nabors and Stan Cadwallader at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel downtown. One was a TV star, the other a firefighter, and they’d managed to retain their relationship out of the public eye for 38 years.
One reason they protected their privacy: A TV star of the s and s, Jim’s career was nearly destroyed by a same-sex wedding rumor just before he and Stan met, a rumor that also ended Jim’s relationship with closeted actor Rock Hudson. Over his year career, Jim made a name for himself as a wholesome, folksy southerner; but behind the scenes, he harbored a secret love that would have scandalized the country if it was found out.

Jim was born at the start of the Great Depression in a tiny Alabama town called Sylacauga. His mother worked at a truck stop, his father bounced around from job to job until he finally wound up being appointed the town’s sole police officer. The family raised chickens for food and lived in a tiny house. Jim always stood out — his grave asthma prevented him from playing with the other kids, but he was so energetic and outgoing that he found
The world resounded with a predictable Gol-ol-olllll-leeeee! at yesterday's news that Jim Nabors had gay-married his long-term partner, Stan Cadwallader.
Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle in both s-era television series The Andy Griffith Exhibit and its spin-off, Gomer Pyle, USMC (pre-Don't Demand Don't Tell, we guess), announced the two had been wed in Seattle last month, following Washington voters' approval of lgbtq+ marriage in
"I'm 82 and he's in his 60s and so we've been together for 38 years and I'm not ashamed of people knowing; it's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't say anybody" Nabors eventually told AP. "I'm very delighted that I've had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy."
Yep, he's gay.
Nabors's sexual orientation was long an open covert in the LGBT society and among his straight(ish) friends like Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews. And if he wasn't lgbtq+, his character, surely Gomer Pyle was. After all, like that other irresistible Southern television icon, Honey Boo-Boo, says, "Everybody's got a little gay in 'em!"
Face it. Mayberry, Gomer's famed fictitious hometown, has a lot of queer in it. A lot. It