Tokyo, 11 December, /AJMEDIA/
Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, whose band topped the charts in the 1960s while the quartet starred in a lighthearted TV show, has died, his manager said Friday.
He died at his home in Carmel Valley, Calif. Nesmith was 78.
“It is with deep sadness that I mark the passing of Michael Nesmith,” Andrew Sandoval said on Twitter. “We shared many travels and projects together over the course of 30 years, which culminated in a Monkees farewell tour that wrapped up only a few weeks ago.”
Nesmith, who had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died of natural causes, his family said in a statement.
The Monkees grew in popularity after the group starred in “The Monkees” TV show about a rock ‘n’ roll band. The comedy debuted on NBC in 1966.