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stevedepot

Posted: Feb 29 2012, 02:29 PM

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Sad day.
Loved that show.

RIP Davy Jones.

Poor Marcia Brady.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/...E81S1T520120229

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Former Monkee Davy Jones dies at age 66 in Florida

Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:23pm EST

(Reuters) - Davy Jones, former lead singer of the 1960s made-for-television pop band The Monkees, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack in Florida, according to his longtime publicist. He was 66.

Jones' death was confirmed by Christine Weekes, administrative manager for the medical examiner's office in Fort Pierce, Florida, near the Martin Memorial Hospital South where the performer had been taken.

His publicist, Helen Kensick, said Jones died of a heart attack in Indiantown, Florida, but she had no further details.

Jones, born in Manchester, England, became the principal teen idol of the rock quartet featured on the NBC comedy series "The Monkees," which was inspired in part by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" and ran for two seasons from the fall of 1966 to August of 1968.

Although not allowed to play their own instruments on their early records, Jones and his three cohorts -- Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork -- had several hits that sold millions of copies, including "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm a Believer."

Jones got his start as a young actor, at the age of 11, on the British soap opera "Coronation Street" before landing a role as the Artful Dodger in a West End production of "Oliver!" He went on to originate that role for the Broadway production and earned a Tony nomination.

But Jones gained stardom after answering a casting call for a new TV series being created about the zany misadventures of four Beatles-like rock musicians called the Monkees. Two members of the group, Nesmith and Tork, were actual musicians with performing and recording experience, while Jones and Dolenz were primarily actors who more or less dabbled in music.

Although disparaged by critics as the "Pre-Fab Four" for the manufactured way in which the band came together, the group proved to be adept performers who were eventually given control over their own recordings.

The TV series, introduced by its catchy theme, "Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees," debuted as an immediate ratings hit weeks after the group's first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," had topped the pop charts.

The group collaborated early on with some of the major songwriters and session musicians of the day, including Neil Diamond, Carole King, Glen Campbell and Hal Blaine.

The self-titled first LP topped the album charts that October, and the popularity of the group generated a wave of merchandising, including toys, games and lunchboxes. But their first and only feature film, "Head," was a box-office flop.

After their fifth album, the group began to splinter, releasing two more albums as a trio without Tork and one last LP as a duo following Nesmith's exit in 1969.

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Showing zero tolerance for koolaiders and SnoWang apologists since 2007.
This lifelong Islanders fan is sick and tired of pointing out the obvious to the oblivious.

I long for the day when I can show up to Charles Wang's wake with a shovel and
patiently wait for everyone to pay their respects so I can pay mine by burying the bastid.

Webb20	Posted: Feb 29 2012, 02:42 PM
Godfather Group: Admin Posts: 23,916 Member No.: 1 Joined: 9-May 05	That's too bad. I used to watch them as a kid. I'm a believer that he took the last train to clarksville. -------------------- Call me Nicky Flash...(why Nicky?)... because it rhymes with flash 5/24/1980=Greatest Day in NY Islanders history. 10/24/2012=Darkest Day in NY Islanders history The Islanders Axis of Evil: Wang, Snow, ~~DiPietro.~~ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

3POTI	Posted: Feb 29 2012, 03:21 PM
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stevedepot

Posted: Feb 29 2012, 03:24 PM

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QUOTE (3POTI @ Feb 29 2012, 03:21 PM)

I used to watch the reruns..

RIP

Ouch.

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3POTI	Posted: Feb 29 2012, 04:20 PM
Bring back...PRIDE OF THE ISLAND Group: Members Posts: 8,261 Member No.: 553 Joined: 19-February 07	I loved that monkees opening theme song...we need to come up with an Islander parady version of it..and we could use that as our goal song. oh, and he was good on the brady bunch..loved him...that one I watched as a kid. -------------------- Today Is A Great Day To Be An Islander Fan! Live For The Moment!

LEDZEP	Posted: Feb 29 2012, 04:23 PM
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stevedepot

Posted: Feb 29 2012, 04:35 PM

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QUOTE (3POTI @ Feb 29 2012, 04:20 PM)

I loved that monkees opening theme song...we need to come up with an Islander parady version of it..and we could use that as our goal song.

oh, and he was good on the brady bunch..loved him...that one I watched as a kid.

Here we come
Our team is such a disgrace
Have the worst Owner and GM
We're destined for last place.

Hey, hey we're the losers,
and we're sick of every aging vet.
Our young players are too busy tweeting,
to put any pucks in the net.