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FILE - In this June 12, 2015 file photo, Jim Nabors and his friend and longtime collaborator in comedy Carol Burnett celebrate Nabors’ 85th birthday at his home in Honolulu. Nabors died peacefully at his home in Honolulu on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, with his husband Stan Cadwallader at his side. He was 87. (John Berger/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

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TV star Jim Nabors dies at 87 Popular singer lived in Whitefish for many years
November 30, 2017 2:23 p.m.

TV star Jim Nabors dies at 87 Popular singer lived in Whitefish for many years

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died Thursday. He was 87.