Posted February 29, 201213 yr From Reuters. Sixties pop icon Davy Jones died this morning from a heart attack. He was 66. The circumstances surrounding the Monkees' frontman are currently unclear. But a spokesman for the star confirmed to TMZ he passed away this morning. An official from the medical examiner's office in Florida also confirmed to the website they had received a call from the Martin Memorial Hospital informing them Jones had died. Jones sang hits including Daydream Believer and I'm a Believer with his bandmates Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. He is survived by wife Jessica and four daughters from previous marriages. Story developing. Edited February 29, 201213 yr by Common Sense
February 29, 201213 yr Davy was the English one, born in Leamington Street, Openshaw but lived in Denton, Manchester and my favourite of the band. The Monkees were one of the original boybands, brought together for the TV series. They were so popular in the late 60s that they had 4 US#1 albums (2 of which were UK#1s, a #2 & a #5) in a year. Davy also played Colin Lomax (Ena Sharples grandson) in Corrie in 1961 His mother died when he was 14 and on leaving school trained as a jockey But of couse it was as a memeber of The Monkees where he became internationally famous He also released a solo single whilst being a member of The Monkees R.I.P. Davy - you will be sadly missed :( The Monkees 1st hit - Last Train To Clarksville tGLx4WenGwQ I'm A Believer - 1st UK & 2nd US #1 XfuBREMXxts Daydream Believer - Davy takes lead vocals nU615FaODCg It Ain't Me Babe - Davy's solo single recorded in 1965 but released in 1967 F7CR47wcTb8 Theme from TV show pxPppXaPonY Edited February 29, 201213 yr by euro music
February 29, 201213 yr R.I.P. I listened to a lot of Monkees when I was younger and they did some great stuff.
February 29, 201213 yr Sad news. The Monkees was one of my favourite programmes when they were first on :(
February 29, 201213 yr Here's Davy Jones appearing in an episode of Sledgehammer. j5kFJUkUh8k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5kFJUkUh8k
March 5, 201213 yr Cleverest responses on FB I've seen were someone posting this _yHrEykOGpo and someone posting "I'm a bereaver".
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