February 22, 2025
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