Actor and singer Jim Nabors danced with hostess Anita Madden at the Maddens’ Derby Eve party at Hamburg Place on May 5, 1978. 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. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff