{"id":33697,"date":"2026-09-02T21:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33697"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:02:20","slug":"gomer-pyle-star-dies-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33697","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gomer Pyle\u2019 Star Dies at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>Gomer Pyle<\/em> Star Ronnie Schell Dies at 94<\/h1>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Veteran actor and comedian Ronald \u201cRonnie\u201d Schell, best known for playing Duke Slater on <em>Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.<\/em>, has died at 94.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Schell died of natural causes on June 12 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His career spanned more than six decades, with nearly 150 TV appearances and more than 20 films. He also lent his voice to animated projects including <em>Jetsons: The Movie<\/em> and <em>Rover Dangerfield<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Beyond <em>Gomer Pyle<\/em>, Schell appeared in shows such as <em>That Girl<\/em>, <em>Sanford and Son<\/em>, <em>Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em>, <em>Mork &amp; Mindy<\/em>, and <em>General Hospital<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He is survived by his wife Janet, sons Gregory and Christian, and granddaughter Chiara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A beloved entertainer, Schell leaves behind a legacy that lasted more than 60 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vn7H8m5Bl2s?si=xQREsAoV33rx29Mo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gomer Pyle Star Ronnie Schell Dies at 94 Veteran actor and comedian Ronald \u201cRonnie\u201d Schell, best known for playing Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died at 94. Schell died of natural causes on June 12 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His career spanned more than six decades, with nearly 150 TV&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33697\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u2018Gomer Pyle\u2019 Star Dies at 94&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33699,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33697\/revisions\/33699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}