My the cold chills ,so so many times at INDY to hear this personality 🤗 shore do miss all of it ,everyone who reading this and goes ENJOY FOR ME ,was there in 72 just 8 months being home from Vietnam,cant say it like GOMER but golie lee
10 Yrs already, so hard to believe! But everyyear in those stands, he's still singing along with US! We all miss you JIm, can't wait till Sunday to do it one more time!
I'm so glad that i got to experience not only Jim Nabors at the Indy 500 but also Tom Carnegie, Florence Henderson and Tom Jenkins at the speedway. These individuals are all first class and made coming back home to Indiana so special!!!
So sad to see him go but he is needed for heaven's Angel's choir. The music in heaven music be amazing. Can't wait to hear it. Please Lord take me soon.
Aloha Jim Nabors and Indianapolis Motor Speedway !!! Thanks for posting his final rendition of "Back Home Again In Indiana." Yes, he did love Indiana home a whole bunch !!!! R. I. P. Jim Nabors !!! God bless !!!! Robert S.J. Hu August 27, 2020.
You brought so much joy into people's lives. We thank you for that. GOD BLESS YOU. R I P. YOU CAN SING IN HEAVEN NOW, WITH ALL THE OTHER ANGELS. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Per: www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?n=jim-nabors&pid=187393255 Jim Nabors, the actor known best for playing Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spinoff, "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," has died at the age of 87, according to multiple news sources. His husband told the Associated Press he died at his Hawaii home. Gomer Pyle was never intended to be a recurring character, let alone carry his own show. The role was going to be a one-off, popping up in a single episode of season three of "The Andy Griffith Show." But Nabors, who was discovered by Griffith while doing cabaret theater at a Santa Monica nightclub, played the country-bumpkin gas station attendant so well that he was brought on in a recurring role. When the character's popularity continued to grow, "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." was spun off. "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." saw the character leaving Mayberry to join the Marines. It was a perennial ratings leader, making it into the top-10 shows for each of its five seasons. In 1969, after playing Pyle for seven years, Nabors was ready to move on, so he announced his resignation and the show was canceled. But the seven years were enough to typecast Nabors, and the majority of his future roles would be in comedies harking back to his sitcom roots. Nabors played similar characters in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Stroker Ace" and "Cannonball Run II." On the children's show "The Lost Saucer," he played an android trying to find his way home. In 1986, he reprised his Pyle role in the TV movie "Return to Mayberry." Carol Burnett asked him to appear on each season premiere of "The Carol Burnett Show," considering him a good-luck charm. In addition to acting, Nabors was also a skilled singer who recorded a number of albums and had a hit in Australia with his recording of "The Impossible Dream." In the U.S., Nabors musically associated with "Back Home in Indiana," which he sang at the start of every Indianapolis 500 race from 1972 until 2014. Born June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, Nabors used his Southern upbringing as he envisioned the country character he performed in his cabaret act that would become Pyle. He was honored by his home state: He was inducted into the Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame, and U.S. Highway 280 was named "Jim Nabors Highway" where it runs through his home county of Talladega County. On Jan. 29, 2013, Nabors married his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle. The pair, who lived in Hawaii and had been together for 38 years, married a month after same-sex marriage was legalized in Washington. Nabors was open with friends about his sexual orientation but chose not to go public with it before the couple wed. He commented, "I haven't ever made a public spectacle of it. Well, I've known since I was a child, so, come on. It's not that kind of a thing. I've never made a huge secret of it at all." He is survived by Cadwallader. May he R.I.P.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Nabors when he was in Melbourne Australia in the late 70s. he performed on the Don Lane show the best ever Live to air Australian evening talk show. each week Don would have different Hollywood guest on the show On the night i were a audience member. That night as Jim was leaving the studio i went to the front security gate and i saw him coming out i yelled out Mr Nabors may i have your Autograph please . He came right over outside the gates and gladly gave me his Autograph i also told him my Dad Mum and I never missed a episode of Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C replays too in which we did I remember him on the Andy Griffith show but was a little young to see them all. I had to ask him if he could do the Gomer Pyle Golly voice Anyway He said he couldn't do it and all of a sudden he did it. and we both laughed. such a lovely humble man a gentleman i will always have that memory until the day i die R.I.P May you rest in peace Mr NABORS
A true legend there....the first time I heard him sing i was shocked because he had an amazing voice and he didn't seem like he did when he acted like Gomer Pyle....but loved that character
Hey thank you for this people will say what they want about him but I knew him as Jimmy he was my second cousin and when my paw paw died he was there and when my granny died he was there and he never ever forgot where he came from I found out after he died that when he would say golly or shazam on TV he knew mom and dad had me watching and rolling and laughing R.I.P cuz
@@stobbinsboy oh he was gomer in real life from what I remember when my paw paw passed he flew In just for that and he took me from my dad for a couple of days so he could grieve about a year or so before he passed when my granny died he tried to make it in then but couldn't with pneumonia so he sent his brother down to find me and my dad he was wanting to come and spend time with the family but he was to sick I've got tapes with him dad and paw paw singing in paw paws recording studio but yeah you wouldn't find a kinder soul then Jimmy he never let any of the fame go to his head he was always just jimmy
@@jeremyjeconner5422 That is the measure of a true man. This world could sure use a lot more Jimmy's. My daddy's name was Jimmy. He was a good man too. God bless!
I missed him so much Changed my whole attitude towards gays SO WHAT!! He didn't hurt nobody!! Jim Nabors made so many millions happy, stayed loyal to his old cast mates, grieved when so many marines in his show's opening were killed in Vietnam, loved his State and loved his country. Married his partner of 34 years! Such a kind soul I'm ashsmed of myself. I taught my daughters the values Jim stood for. I don't know.... Jim just drifted onto my mind just now.... MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY OLD AND NEW FANS
Even at the age of 83 during this event, Jim still had quite a great voice!!
Joseph Hardaway Indeed!! Beautiful...RIP🙏🏾
My the cold chills ,so so many times at INDY to hear this personality 🤗 shore do miss all of it ,everyone who reading this and goes ENJOY FOR ME ,was there in 72 just 8 months being home from Vietnam,cant say it like GOMER but golie lee
His voice was still strong!
Man, that got to me. Who doesn't love Jim Nabors? Kinda reminds me of Fred Rogers. RIP to both of you good sirs. God help us.
10 Yrs already, so hard to believe! But everyyear in those stands, he's still singing along with US! We all miss you JIm, can't wait till Sunday to do it one more time!
I always work the Indy 500. It was amazing to hear such a legendary person sing every year!
R I P Jim Nabors and thank you for all the laughs.
Race Day isnt the same without Jim, but his spirit remains on that special land. We miss you, Jim. Love, Indiana.
I'm so glad that i got to experience not only Jim Nabors at the Indy 500 but also Tom Carnegie, Florence Henderson and Tom Jenkins at the speedway.
These individuals are all first class and made coming back home to Indiana so special!!!
I sobbed watching this video
My hearts still hurts that we lost a legendary man 😭
his voice never aged! amazing as always!
Definitely will miss this sweet man and his sweet face and smile.
Phenomenal voice. Also considering he was in his 80's singing this
mike laturnus Indeed...RIP🙏🏾
At church the other day this one guy was behind me and started singing. I was amazed. Kinda reminds me of jim
So sad to see him go but he is needed for heaven's Angel's choir. The music in heaven music be amazing. Can't wait to hear it. Please Lord take me soon.
83 and listen to the power in that voice.Only God can explain that.RIP Jim.
What a legend who will be greatly missed. RIP Jim Nabors!
Aloha Jim Nabors and Indianapolis Motor Speedway !!! Thanks for posting his final rendition of "Back Home Again In Indiana." Yes, he did love
Indiana home a whole bunch !!!! R. I. P. Jim Nabors !!! God bless !!!! Robert S.J. Hu August 27, 2020.
Jim always brings a smile to my face. At 83 he can still belt out a song like no one's business. RIP Jim
Eternal peace to our good friend.
"GEE SEARGEANT CARTER!!!""".....GOD BLESS, AND REST, THIS GREAT MARINE".......A GREAT ARTIST....GO BIGG JIM...........GOD BLESS YOUse
R.I.P Jim ill always remember you when i see the Andy Griffith show and when I hear the word: Indiana 😢
JIM NABORS HAS A STRONG VOICE RIP TO A LEGENDARY ACTOR.
Full life Good life Touched the lives of many Thank you Sir May you be laughing and smiling with the best of them
A Cherished Icon of the Speedway
With a big tear in my eye, R I P Mr. Nabors.....
I just get chills watching this... those were the days.
R.I.P JIM!😢
You brought so much joy into people's lives. We thank you for that. GOD BLESS YOU. R I P. YOU CAN SING IN HEAVEN NOW, WITH ALL THE OTHER ANGELS. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Rest in Paradise Mr. Nabors. ✌🙏🎉❤
The Caruso of the hayseeds. What pipes. RIP Jim!
Ahhh!!!! Well said!!!! :) :) :) :)
Farewell and Rest In Peace. You will never be forgotten at The Indy 500!
Thank you & R.I.P. Jim
Jim is the man and a legend that started it all in 1972
they need a statue of him at indy
Great idea
RIP JIM :(
LOve this man
Shazam!
Will be there this year ... every year he's greatly missed. Rest in peace JIM!
Goodbye old friend. Thank you for teaching the world...in your Alabama way...what it means to be a Hoosier.
COMING FROM A ABUSED HOME JIM NABORS COMEDY WAS MY ESCAPE FROM REALITY!
A million facets to the story, thank you for sharing.
Just beautiful
Jim will always be one of the voices of the Indy 500 along with Paul Page and Jim Mckay
Still not forgotten, our friend, Jim Nabors!!!
They better pay tribute to him at the '18 500. RIP Legend
Per: www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?n=jim-nabors&pid=187393255
Jim Nabors, the actor known best for playing Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spinoff, "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," has died at the age of 87, according to multiple news sources.
His husband told the Associated Press he died at his Hawaii home.
Gomer Pyle was never intended to be a recurring character, let alone carry his own show. The role was going to be a one-off, popping up in a single episode of season three of "The Andy Griffith Show." But Nabors, who was discovered by Griffith while doing cabaret theater at a Santa Monica nightclub, played the country-bumpkin gas station attendant so well that he was brought on in a recurring role. When the character's popularity continued to grow, "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." was spun off.
"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." saw the character leaving Mayberry to join the Marines. It was a perennial ratings leader, making it into the top-10 shows for each of its five seasons. In 1969, after playing Pyle for seven years, Nabors was ready to move on, so he announced his resignation and the show was canceled. But the seven years were enough to typecast Nabors, and the majority of his future roles would be in comedies harking back to his sitcom roots.
Nabors played similar characters in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Stroker Ace" and "Cannonball Run II." On the children's show "The Lost Saucer," he played an android trying to find his way home. In 1986, he reprised his Pyle role in the TV movie "Return to Mayberry." Carol Burnett asked him to appear on each season premiere of "The Carol Burnett Show," considering him a good-luck charm.
In addition to acting, Nabors was also a skilled singer who recorded a number of albums and had a hit in Australia with his recording of "The Impossible Dream." In the U.S., Nabors musically associated with "Back Home in Indiana," which he sang at the start of every Indianapolis 500 race from 1972 until 2014.
Born June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, Nabors used his Southern upbringing as he envisioned the country character he performed in his cabaret act that would become Pyle. He was honored by his home state: He was inducted into the Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame, and U.S. Highway 280 was named "Jim Nabors Highway" where it runs through his home county of Talladega County.
On Jan. 29, 2013, Nabors married his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle. The pair, who lived in Hawaii and had been together for 38 years, married a month after same-sex marriage was legalized in Washington. Nabors was open with friends about his sexual orientation but chose not to go public with it before the couple wed. He commented, "I haven't ever made a public spectacle of it. Well, I've known since I was a child, so, come on. It's not that kind of a thing. I've never made a huge secret of it at all." He is survived by Cadwallader.
May he R.I.P.
When I saw this post on Facebook I cried in front of my boyfriend and I was surprised to know that he knew he was
I love you JIm,you are sadly missed my friend.Hawaii misses you the most.
"we love you, we'll miss ya and we'll never forget ya! What a great send-off!
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Nabors when he was in Melbourne Australia in the late 70s.
he performed on the Don Lane show the best ever Live to air Australian evening talk show.
each week Don would have different Hollywood guest on the show
On the night i were a audience member.
That night as Jim was leaving the studio i went to the front security gate and i saw him coming out i yelled out Mr Nabors may i have your Autograph please .
He came right over outside the gates and gladly gave me his Autograph i also told him my Dad Mum and I never missed a episode of Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C replays too in which we did
I remember him on the Andy Griffith show but was a little young to see them all.
I had to ask him if he could do the Gomer Pyle Golly voice
Anyway He said he couldn't do it
and all of a sudden he did it.
and we both laughed.
such a lovely humble man a gentleman
i will always have that memory until the day i die
R.I.P
May you rest in peace Mr NABORS
what a wonderful memory. thank you so much for sharing it, and cool
A true legend there....the first time I heard him sing i was shocked because he had an amazing voice and he didn't seem like he did when he acted like Gomer Pyle....but loved that character
Thank you Jim
Sad sad such talent love him
Hey thank you for this people will say what they want about him but I knew him as Jimmy he was my second cousin and when my paw paw died he was there and when my granny died he was there and he never ever forgot where he came from I found out after he died that when he would say golly or shazam on TV he knew mom and dad had me watching and rolling and laughing R.I.P cuz
Thank you for sharing that. I always lookded up to Gomer. And you just know that Jim shone through his Gomer.
@@stobbinsboy oh he was gomer in real life from what I remember when my paw paw passed he flew In just for that and he took me from my dad for a couple of days so he could grieve about a year or so before he passed when my granny died he tried to make it in then but couldn't with pneumonia so he sent his brother down to find me and my dad he was wanting to come and spend time with the family but he was to sick I've got tapes with him dad and paw paw singing in paw paws recording studio but yeah you wouldn't find a kinder soul then Jimmy he never let any of the fame go to his head he was always just jimmy
@@jeremyjeconner5422 That is the measure of a true man. This world could sure use a lot more Jimmy's. My daddy's name was Jimmy. He was a good man too. God bless!
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE
My mom and I loved this every year! ❤ Watching this, I will REMEMBER my Mom!
RIP Mr Nabors!
RIP to this legend.
Back home again!
Rest in Peace
RIP JIM NABORS
I missed him so much
Changed my whole attitude towards gays
SO WHAT!!
He didn't hurt nobody!!
Jim Nabors made so many millions happy, stayed loyal to his old cast mates, grieved when so many marines in his show's opening were killed in Vietnam, loved his State and loved his country. Married his partner of 34 years!
Such a kind soul
I'm ashsmed of myself. I taught my daughters the values Jim stood for. I don't know.... Jim just drifted onto my mind just now....
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY OLD AND NEW FANS
who the fuck disliked this
1:18 made me also want cry😭
‘d love to get this on my iPod
Jim nabors!🎹
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1989
First joke I heard of jim nabors:
Driver at 1:14?
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