The music world mourns Michael Nesmith. The singer and guitarist of the pop rock band The Monkees dies at the age of 78.
Los Angeles – Michael Nesmith, singer and guitarist of the US cult band The Monkees, is dead. It died peacefully of natural causes in his house on Friday, said his family to the music magazine “Rolling Stone”. Nesmith was 78 years old. His band colleague Micky Dolenz linked a report on the death of the singer on Twitter on Friday. “I am heartbroken,” wrote Dolenz. He has lost a close friend and partner.
I’m heartbroken.
I’ve lost a dear friend and partner.
I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best – singing, laughing, and doing shtick.
I’ll miss it all so much. Especially the shtick.
Rest in peace, Nez.
All my love,
Micky pic.twitter.com/xe8i5jmNgL— Micky Dolenz (@TheMickyDolenz1) December 10, 2021
The Monkees consisted of Nesmith, Dolenz, lead singer Davy Jones, who died in 2012, and bassist Peter Tork, who died in 2019. The band was actually formed in 1965 as a boy band for a television show. With their hits “I’ma Believer”, “Last Train to Clarksville” and “Little Bit Me, Little Bit You” they were also successful outside of television.
All four were teen idols. In 1967, like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Monkees sold millions of albums. A few years after the end of the television series in 1968, the group initially disbanded. But the musicians performed together again and again over the years and went on tour together again in 2011. (dpa)
