Ronnie Schell, ‘Gomer Pyle’ best friend and ‘slowest rising comedian,’ dies at 94

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Schell, who played the best friend to the title character on the 1960s sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” and whose gradual ascendancy in show business earned him the title of “America’s Slowest Rising Comedian,” died Friday. He was 94. Schell died of natural causes at Ronald R...

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