Davy Jones of the Monkees has died of an apparent heart attack at age
66. The singer – who had been on a solo tour this month – complained of
chest pains last evening and was admitted to a hospital this morning in
Stuart Florida.
Jones was born in Manchester, England and started acting as a child,
though he got his big break in 1965 when he joined The Monkees. The
group had a hugely successful television series, and a slew of hit songs
in the late 1960s. At their peak in 1967 they sold more records than
the Beatles.
