# Davy Jones passes away **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367 "2012-02-29T18:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/1 "2012-02-29T18:02:17Z")
Just heard at the end of my morning radio show (the one I listen to, not the one I’m on. I’m not on a morning radio show). Former Monkee Davey Jones died in a Florida hospital early this morning, at the age of 66. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/2 "2012-02-29T18:03:16Z")
[Davy Jones is gone.](http://www.starpulse.com/news/TMZ/2012/02/29/monkees_singer_davy_jones_dead_at_66) He was a true showman, and I’ll miss him. edited to add-simulpost, and I heard it on Mark and Brian too. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/3 "2012-02-29T18:14:29Z")
Huh. My GF and I were just wondering a few weeks ago how many of the Monkees were still alive after the subject came up for some reason. I looked it up and sure enough, they (were) all still living. For some reason we thought they were a lot older than they are. I remember watching **the Monkees** on TV in syndication in the 80s and even then it just seemed so _old_. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/4 "2012-02-29T18:16:27Z")
Oh no. No, no no. This cannot be. The Monkees are ageless, timeless. My first favorite band. My first crush (Peter Tork) I am speechless, and very, very sad. \*They are playing ‘I’m a Believer’ on the radio right now. My tears are falling. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/5 "2012-02-29T18:20:24Z")
[Dancing with Tony Basil, to a Harry Nilsson song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornP4eeCyBI) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/6 "2012-02-29T18:21:23Z")
:eek: Oh, my favorite Monkee! My childhood crush! Oh, this saddens me! ☹ RIP, Mr. Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/7 "2012-02-29T18:21:24Z")
The 60s are over. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/8 "2012-02-29T18:21:54Z")
What rotten timing. He’d just accepted my invitation to show up at prom! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/9 "2012-02-29T18:23:08Z")
I would have expected Peter to go first. RIP, Davey. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/10 "2012-02-29T18:24:24Z")
Last Train to Heaven for Davy. The Monkees brought much needed humor to a very turbulent time in America. Davy Jones will be remembered fondly and missed. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/11 "2012-02-29T18:24:49Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > What rotten timing. He’d just accepted my invitation to show up at prom! There, there, Marcia. Why don’t you go call your brothers in? They’re playing football out back. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/12 "2012-02-29T18:32:14Z")
_Here we come, walkin’ down the street._ So long, Davy. You’re going to be missed. Despite your stature, you loomed large as an entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/13 "2012-02-29T18:32:15Z")
☹ RIP, Davy. Thanks for the wonderful memories and the great (to me, anyway) music. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/14 "2012-02-29T18:32:23Z")
Yeah, I’m another “but he was my first crush.” Damn I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/15 "2012-02-29T18:32:38Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Dancing with Tony Basil, to a Harry Nilsson song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornP4eeCyBI) I knew what it was without clicking the link. Probably my favorite Davy moment. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/16 "2012-02-29T18:36:04Z")
rip. I loved the show as a kid and I’ve seen it a few times recently and I still enjoyed how goofy they were. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/17 "2012-02-29T18:38:12Z")
I was a big fan of the show when it was on (it won the Emmy that year for best comedy). I was more a Mike Nesmith fan, but I did like them all. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/18 "2012-02-29T18:38:26Z")
They were all “my first crush” but not until the 80s when I became a freak fan. I bought all their albums (on vinyl) and listened to them all the time. Really surprised to hear he died, he was young just 66. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/19 "2012-02-29T18:38:28Z")
RIP. Shame his death wasn’t drowning at sea, though. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/20 "2012-02-29T18:40:27Z")
I became a fan of the Monkees in syndication in the mid-1970s when I was 5-7 years old. At first, Davy was my favorite Monkee because the whole English accent thing was so new to me. One of the first things I ever bought on my own was the first Monkees album at a garage sale on the next street. I stopped listening to pop music at age 8 or 9 and didn’t start again until I was 17. At that point, I got all the Monkees albums on vinyl. In college, I turned more to '60s and '70s rock, alternative, grunge, soul, roots rock, etc. When I got my first Ipod, I started listening to the Monkees again, and found that their music had really endured. But now, Davy Jones was my least favorite. I can hardly listen to most of the songs that he takes the lead on. And I also resented him for constantly bad-mouthing the other Monkees in the media. But, goodbye, my least favorite Monkee. It’s the end of an era. Does that mean I have to grow up now? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367.md?page=2)