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.
He wasn't at the Indy 500 in person, but he did pre-record it a few weeks earlier. Not bad, considering he's only missed once or twice since 1972. And damn, what a great fellow. It seems so corny, but there's always been something ridiculously sweet and kind about Gomer Pyle.