Jim Nabors waves to fans after singing before the start of the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Michael Conroy / AP Jim Nabors ...

HONOLULU (AP) – Jim Nabors, the Alabama-born comic actor who starred as TV’s dim but good-hearted Southern rube Gomer Pyle and constantly surprised audiences with his twang-free operatic singing voice ...

Hoosiers best know Jim Nabors for his rendition of "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" that he sang nearly every year at the Indianapolis 500 from 1972 to 2014. But that deep, baritone voice could be heard ...

You've gotta love those eccentric characters surrounding Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, whether you're talking about Hal Smith as Otis the Drunk, Howard McNear as Floyd the Barber, Don ...

"Gomer Pyle" ran on the network for seven years and didn't end until Nabors walked away from the show while it was still in second place in the ratings. "I was just tired of the schedule, tired of ...

The passing of Jim Nabors Thursday in Honolulu at age 87 was very sad news for our state and the nation. The star who first made his mark as country bumpkin Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” in ...

Jim Nabors, who starred as the bumbling gas-station-attendant-turned-Marine Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and his own subsequent spinoff, died Thursday morning in Hawaii. He was 87. His death ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Nabors, the Alabama-born comic actor who starred as TV’s dim but good-hearted Southern rube Gomer Pyle and constantly surprised audiences with his twang-free operatic singing voice ...

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2003 file photo, Jim Nabors, left, and Andy Griffith, cast members from the series "The Andy Griffith Show," arrive to CBS's 75th anniversary celebration in New York. Nabors ...