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 last month.
They couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a Honolulu firefighter. Cadwallader is 64 and Nabors is 82.
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