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Traverse City Man Recalls The Kindness Of Jim Nabors

WKAR Public Media | By Scott Pohl
Published December 1, 2017 at 11:38 AM EST
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.
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