WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock 'n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida.

“For me, David was The Monkees,” Mike Nesmith once said in an interview with Rolling Stone shortly after Jones died. “They were his band. We were his sidemen. He was the focal point of the romance, ...

FILE - This June 4, 1967 file photo shows The Monkees posing with their Emmy award at the 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Calif. The group members are, from left to right, Mike Nesmith, Davy ...

Monkees producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider were purposeful upon casting Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz as the lead actors of the fledgling NBC series. Their 1965 ad in ...

LOS ANGELES -- Davy Jones' funeral will not be the stage for a reunion of his former Monkees bandmates, according to the group's Micky Dolenz, who said his understanding was that the family wanted to ...

The Monkees star Davy Jones has died at the age of 66. The English-born lead singer of the 1960s pop group suffered a fatal heart attack this morning (February 29) and passed away in his sleep, his ...

Monkees singer Davy Jones died Wednesday in Florida of a heart attack, the medical examiner's office in Martin County confirmed to NBC News. He was 66. The Monkees were formed in 1965 by Screen Gems ...

Martin County, FL-- No doubt you're humming Daydream Believer or Last Train to Clarksville as you read this. The lead singer of The Monkees, Davy Jones, has died. His rep tells TMZ that he died after ...

Davy Jones, vocalist for the Monkees, the TV-generated pop band of the ’60s, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack in Stuart, Fla. He was 66. Fronted by diminutive Englishman Jones, the Monkees ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Davy Jones, the lead singer of the 1960s group The Monkees, died of a massive heart attack Wednesday in Florida, his spokeswoman said. He was 66. His publicist, Helen Kensick, ...

The Monkees singer Davy Jones has died, aged 66. The lead singer of the "Daydream Believer" group - which also consists of original members Micky Dolenz, 66, and 70-year-old Peter Tork - passed away ...