Actor George 'Goober Pyle' Lindsey dies

Lindsey began his professional acting career on Broadway. George Lindsey, who found fame as a petrol station attendant Goober Pyle on US sitcom the Andy Griffith Show, has died at the age of 83.

The Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsey had died on Sunday following a brief illness.

Lindsey played Goober on the Andy Griffith Show from 1964 to 1968.  He went on to play the same character in Hee Haw from 1971 until it ended in 1993. His other TV credits included Mash and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

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