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Traverse City Man Recalls The Kindness Of Jim Nabors

Jim Nabors photo
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Dave McClary
R-L: Dave McClary, Stan Cadwallader, Jim Nabors and Len Mayhew in Hawai'i in 2003.

Actor and singer Jim Nabors died on Thursday at the age of 87. WKAR’s Scott Pohl talks with a Traverse City man about a friendly encounter with the Gomer Pyle star.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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