Andy Griffith | George 'GOOBER' Lindsey | Dead at 83 - George Lindsey, better known to “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Mayberry RFD” and “Hee Haw” who appeared on such classic TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "Gunsmoke" and "Hee Haw" fans as Goober Pyle, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 83.
Lindsey was a likeable, smart guy from the South who became famous playing a loveable dope from the South.
Lindsey who grew up in Jasper, Ala., and graduated from Alabama’s Florence State College in 1952 with a degree in bioscience.
He taught high school and did a tour in the Air Force before moving to New York to join the American Theater Wing.
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