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54. I didnt grow up there but was there most of my 20s.

Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:57 AM

Dec 2017

I worked at Duke and for The Museum of Life and Science. And yeah, it’s changed a lot.

I grew up on the MS Coast and in New Orleans. They both have changed too but are somehow eternal. New Orleans is my heart, hence nolabear.

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Jim Nabors, Alabamian known as TV's 'Gomer Pyle,' has died [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 OP

Shazam! Chasstev365 Nov 2017 #1

Well Goooollly!! Sophiegirl Nov 2017 #2

I was just looking around YouTube. It's loaded with Jim Nabors songs. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 #5

Amazing, right? Sophiegirl Nov 2017 #11

I remember seeing commercials for his records and could not believe this was Gomer! flygal Nov 2017 #18

IIRC the producers didnt know he could sing at the beginning jmowreader Nov 2017 #41

Well goooollly... 2naSalit Nov 2017 #3

Jim Nabors was a member and longtime supporter of the LGBT community RandySF Nov 2017 #4

RIP, Jim mobeau69 Nov 2017 #6

I'm glad he was finally able to marry his partner in 2013 TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #7

Condolences to Gomer's clan from Aunt Bea & Me Achilleaze Nov 2017 #8

requiescat in pace, jim. niyad Nov 2017 #9

Jim Nabors sings Silent Night - Na Mele o na Keiki (2009) niyad Nov 2017 #10

Goodbye Jim workinclasszero Nov 2017 #12

I had the privilege of meeting him years ago when he played in Reno. He was a most gracious, niyad Nov 2017 #13

JIM NABORS ( GOMER PYLE )-THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM niyad Nov 2017 #14

the backstory of his singing this: niyad Nov 2017 #17

Breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing. n/t ChazII Nov 2017 #40

Fantastic!! Was about to post this myself... bullwinkle428 Nov 2017 #21

I alway looked at Jim singing "Back Home Again in Indiana", BarbaRosa Nov 2017 #15

🕯 underpants Nov 2017 #16

... Raster Nov 2017 #19

i was positive this was old news. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2017 #20

Reports of his grave health have been circulating for years Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #26

I had that feeling too: "Didn't he die a few years back?" mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 #31

Same here. read it here then went immediately to wiki. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2017 #38

Oh no! One of the few left besides Thelma Lou and Opie - Betty Lynn and Ron Howard Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #22

Wow BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #23

I met him years ago, when he was visiting a friend if his in the hospital GatoGordo Nov 2017 #24

Goodbye Jim and thanks for all the laughs and the music! LongTomH Nov 2017 #25

Part of my daily afterschool TV routine. Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #27

Remember Nabors as a Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #28

Oh, no. This makes me sad. What a talent, and seemed to be such a nice man. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #29

Bye-bye Jim... Kittycow Nov 2017 #30

TY for the many years of bluestarone Nov 2017 #32

He and my mother were contemporaries in Sylacauga AL. I was born there too. nolabear Nov 2017 #33

Been through Sylacauga many times DAMANgoldberg Dec 2017 #44

I havent been there for many years. My mothers people were cotton mill workers. nolabear Dec 2017 #45

Yes, your basic mill town DAMANgoldberg Dec 2017 #46

I lived in Charlotte for a few months, Durham for several years. nolabear Dec 2017 #50

I've been up here since 1992 DAMANgoldberg Dec 2017 #53

I didnt grow up there but was there most of my 20s. nolabear Dec 2017 #54

... orangecrush Nov 2017 #34

Lived a wonderful and long life. defacto7 Nov 2017 #35

He was a great entertainer who made people laugh with his acting and cry with his singing Glorfindel Nov 2017 #36

Loved The Gomer Pyle Show Bayard Nov 2017 #37

RIP Jim. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2017 #39

R.I.P. dalton99a Nov 2017 #42

USMC posted this DashOneBravo Nov 2017 #43

Aww that is really great! Egnever Dec 2017 #48

And another one of my childhood icons goes down. Egnever Dec 2017 #47

Gomer And Me douglas9 Dec 2017 #49

thank you for sharing that. kinky, of course, is weird as snake shoes, but a hell of a writer. niyad Dec 2017 #51

Had a college friend whose mom was his date at a pledge swap at Bama. QC Dec 2017 #52