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.
Denver Pyle, a television and film actor known for his roles as a wise Southern uncle on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and a melodic mountain man on ''The Andy Griffith Show,'' died Thursday in Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. He was 77. Mr. Pyle was suffering from lung cancer.