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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1991 file photo, actor Jim Nabors, front row center, best known for his role as television’s Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show,” poses with actresses, from left, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Florence Henderson, Ruth Buzzi and Loni Anderson at a ceremony honoring Nabors with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Nabors died peacefully at his home in Honolulu on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, with his husband Stan Cadwallader at his side. He was 87. (AP Photo/Julie Markes, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1991 file photo, actor Jim Nabors, front row center, best known for his role as television’s Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show,” poses with actresses, from left, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Florence Henderson, Ruth Buzzi and Loni Anderson at a ceremony honoring Nabors with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Nabors died peacefully at his home in Honolulu on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, with his husband Stan Cadwal…

November 30, 2017

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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.