Pneumonitis that goes unnoticed or untreated can cause irreversible lung damage. In normal lungs, the air sacs stretch and relax with each breath. Chronic inflammation of the thin tissue lining each air sac causes scarring and makes the sacs less flexible.
Jim Nabors, the actor who brought to life to lovable character Gomer Pyle on two CBS sitcoms, has died. He was 87. Nabors, an Alabama native, began his career as a cabaret performer in Los Angeles when he was discovered by Andy Griffith, who approached Nabors to play a new character on his eponymous sitcom in 1962.
Gomer Pyle USMC. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was a 30 minute comedy series on CBS that also happened to be a spinoff of the Andy Griffith Show (1960). On that program Gomer Pyle was a gas station attendant in the town where Andy was the Sheriff. Then one day, Gomer decided to join the Marine Corps.