Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, February 8, 1994 TAG: 9402080161
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Nabors, 61, was listed in critical but stable condition after the seven-hour operation at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, spokesman Richard Elbaum said.
"The procedure was successful. The liver is functioning," Elbaum said. Nabors was to remain hospitalized for at least a month, Elbaum said.
Nabors said last month he contracted hepatitis B several years ago after cutting himself shaving while traveling in India.
Nabors, also known for his singing, was goofy gas-station attendant Gomer Pyle on the CBS-TV comedy "The Andy Griffith Show," then starred as the bumbling Marine private on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," which ran on CBS from 1964-1970.
It will be a trip down memory lane for Fay Wray when she attends a ceremony today in Washington for the publication of the American Film Institute's catalog of 1930s films.
The 3,800-page, three-volume catalog contains 5,528 entries and 1,200 pages of indexes. A staff of 12 worked for five years on the project, watching more than 4,000 movies.
A restored print of "King Kong" is to be shown, with Wray, 86, talking about it.
The actress, who despite dozens of films is still most closely identified with the image of the young woman in the gorilla's palm, has not seen the movie often since it was made in 1932.
"When I last saw it about five years ago," she said, "I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. I knew what happened, of course, but I got caught up with the mood and the energy."
by CNB