The Monkees' Michael Nesmith dies at 78

[Hardline]

"I’m heartbroken," bandmate Micky Dolenz told Fox News in a statement on Friday. "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, Mick."

The star passed away on Friday from natural causes, Rolling Stone reported.


https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/monkees-singer-michael-nesmith-dead

 

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https://apnews.com/article/entertai...micky-dolenz-295ad7ec7fe69bbec9eaf0796b1232a0

Robert Michael Nesmith was born Dec. 30, 1942, in Houston, Texas, the only child of Warren and Bette Nesmith.

His parents divorced when he was 4 and his mother often worked two jobs, as a secretary and painter, to support her son and herself. It was that latter job that inspired her to whip up a typewriter correction fluid called Liquid Paper in her kitchen blender. By the mid-1970s it had made her a fortune, which she eventually left to her son and to nonprofit foundations she endowed to promote women in business and the arts.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

So very sorry to hear this, loved them as a child. RIP......

 

[Roadtrip635]

So very sorry to hear this, loved them as a child. RIP......

So did I. I got to see The Monkees in '96, Nesmith wasn't touring with them, but it was still a good show, lots of fun.

 

[lukin2006]

Michael Nesmith, musician and TV star of The Monkees fame, dead at age 78
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[Hardline]

Already a thread on this in the music zone.

 

[Runwildboys]

Already a thread on this in the music zone.

Well he was an actor too, which is probably more how most people knew him. RIP

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Another one (or many) who probably doesn't get the credit he deserved for being a musical talent up and beyond "The Monkees" and I'm not sure how much credit he received for that.

He wrote Linda Ronstadt's break-out hit "Different Drum" while she was with the Stone Poney's.

A truly wonderful song.

 

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