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JIM NABORS WHO ROSE TO FAME AS GOMER PYLE ON CBS AND WAS AN EXCELLENT BARITONE SINGER HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 87!Jim 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. Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii after his health had declined for the past year, said his husband, Stan Cadwallader, who was by his side. Cadwallader told CBS News that Nabors' underwent a series of tests on Wednesday, but the decision was made to bring him home from the hospital."Everybody knows he was a wonderful man. And that's all we can say about him. He's going to be dearly missed," Cadwallader said. The coroner has not yet released Nabors' cause of death, but Cadwallader said it appears to be from natural causes.The couple married in early 2013 in Washington state, where gay marriage had recently been made legal. Nabors' friends had known for years that he was gay, but he had never said anything to the media.