Monkees Lead Singer Davy Jones Dead at 66

[MarkB]

What an asinine thing to say.

Yo Tarzan, you've been here for less than a month and have a whopping total of 19 posts. You seem to have a terminal case of smarta**, which you should have outgrown in Junior High, and which doesn't fly well here. I'm sure that doesn't matter to you, but it does to most of us.

[LittleFish]

I think Jones used drugs in the 1960s when the group was at its height of popularity and touring, etc., but I don't think it was a problem for him. True, anything can weaken a person's heart depending on their genetic predisposition to heart disease, which was apparently the case with Jones for a heart attack to be fatal at such a relatively young age.

Sounds more likely his wife contributed to a weakened heart condition or something that would trigger a heart attack -- if there's anything to this story, that is. Below is an excerpt from http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2009/09/15/davy-jones-battered-man/

The Monkees’ Davy Jones married his post-mid-life crisis August 30th (2009) at her parent’s home in Miami.

The singer and actor is 63 years old and his new bride is 32. None of his children nor his former Monkees bandmates attended the ceremony. Age is the least of his worries. Turns out, his new wife, Jessica Pacheco, likes to beat the **** out of him.

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(From an eyewitness/pal of Davy's:)

“I have a journal she wrote, confessing to beating him. I’m keeping it to give to the police in case she kills him. She once cracked his rib with her shoe.”

Here is a link to his page at biography.com -- http://www.biography.com/people/davy...=1#the-monkees

I had all their albums as a child and of course Davy was my favorite. My parents wouldn't let me have Beatles records, even turned the channel when they happened to be on television for any reason. They were probably grateful to have The Monkees as a safe substitute for their little girl who really didn't notice the difference (probably 7 or 8 years old at the time).

[LabbyLove]

Hey, hey, I loved the Monkees. They were too busy singin to put anybody down. RIP DAVY

[CVORNurse]

Every time we are rolling an open heart patient from the OR to ICU, my CRNA coworker starts singing..... "Here we come....."

[Tarzan]

yo tarzan, you've been here for less than a month and have a whopping total of 19 posts. You seem to have a terminal case of smarta**, which you should have outgrown in junior high, and which doesn't fly well here. I'm sure that doesn't matter to you, but it does to most of us.

kma.