According to USA Today:
No doubt you’re humming Daydream Believer or Last Train to Clarksvilleas you read this.
The lead singer of The Monkees, Davy Jones, has died.
His rep tells TMZ that he died after suffering a heart attack this morning in Florida. Jones was 66.
TMZ confirmed Jones’ death with an official from the medical examiner’s office for Martin County, Fla.
Jones is survived by his wife Jessica and four daughters from previous marriages.
Jones joined The Monkees in 1965, with Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork.
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Add a commentKimberley
February 29, 2012
2:35 pm
I rememember Davey Jones further back than the Monkeys. I first saw him in New York, in Oliver playing the Artful Dodger. He was great back then. Watched the Monkeys also, but it was a different kind of a show, kind of silly.
Still sad to see my youth go *s
CarmenC
February 29, 2012
3:28 pm
So SAD:( 2012 starting off with great the world losing icons. Fist Whitney, now Davy Jones. The Monkeeys were the greatest!!! Their music will live forever!!!
Bonnie Oliver
March 1, 2012
7:29 am
Sad news. I used to dance around our family room (as a 6 year old) singing ‘Hey, Hey I’m a Monkee’ cause I really wanted to be one! Needless to say, my family had their own opinions on that statement. Davey Jones was my first ‘real’ crush as a pre-teen. His presence will be missed in the world.
RainbowRay
March 1, 2012
11:24 am
Sorry to hear of his passsing (rest in peace Davy). I remember listening to The Monkees when I was in my teens and have never stopped listening since. I remember watchng the Monkees on tv after coming home from schol ( classic nostalgia). I LOVE YOU FIONA! STill BELIEVING IN MIRACLES (You ARE MY MIRACLE!)
My favorite Monkee’s tunes are “I’M A BELIEVER”, “DAYDREAM BELIEVER” and “LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE” (if your a chicken it would probably be “Last Train to Clucksville”, right? HA!)
The world needs a RAINBOWRAY and ERIC”S MIRROR more then ever with the help of KINDNESS FROM STRANGERS (would you like to win an emmy Nancy?).
LOVE
RainbowRay
Don’t be shy, give it a try—Hug a family mmember or a firend! Do something kind for them! Do something kind for a stranger!
RainbowRay