# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/21 "2012-02-29T18:41:19Z")
My first crush. ☹ ---
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/22 "2012-02-29T18:43:08Z")
Last time I heard an interview with him, he kept boasting about his 20-something-year-old girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/23 "2012-02-29T18:44:03Z")
RIP Daydream Believer ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/24 "2012-02-29T18:44:35Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Shame his death wasn’t drowning at sea, though. 🙂 Very sad. Marcia’s going to have to start crushing on Desi Jr. again. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/25 "2012-02-29T18:47:22Z")
I met Davy once when he stayed at the hotel I worked at in the early 90’s. He was a real jerk to the staff, but even so - I’m quite bummed out by the news of his death. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/26 "2012-02-29T18:57:05Z")
I was a Beatles fan as a teen in the 80s, but am a fan of “Your Personal Penguin” now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/27 "2012-02-29T19:03:11Z")
He was such a cutie back in the day. Also a child star as The Artful Dodger in _Oliver!_. Have they said what the cause of death is? (I know he was a major league drinker.) Even so, sixty-six is too young, BUT he got to work in a lot of his dreams, such as the huge comeback in the 1980s and horse breeding. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/28 "2012-02-29T19:06:57Z")
Davy Jones will be buried at sea, in his _locker_. The body will be transported to the docks via rail, probably on the _Last Train to Clarksville_. Services will be this weekend. It will be a _Pleasant Valley Sunday_. Everyone is invited. So we can all be _Daydream Believer_s together. You are all requested to repost this as you may require. If you need to change anything, please use _White-Out_. Michael Nesmith has plenty so feel free to use generously. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/29 "2012-02-29T19:08:05Z")
Awwwwww. Sad ☹ I can’t believe one of the Monkees is gone. \*\*Sampiro \*\* Initial reports are saying he had a massive heart attack in his sleep. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/30 "2012-02-29T19:08:14Z")
Man, that’s sad. The Monkees’ Greatest Hits is pretty much a must-have album for anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/31 "2012-02-29T19:08:16Z")
Count me in as another whose first crush was Davy (then, even at 12 I realized I was going to grow up to be taller than him and switched to Micky). Got into the Monkees during the 80s revival when all my friends were drooling over New Kids on the Block and such. And now I find out he was only a year older than my mother, and that makes me even more sad. RIP Davy Jones. You were a great entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/32 "2012-02-29T19:09:44Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] Dancing with Tony Basil, to a Harry Nilsson song [/QUOTE] > [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I knew what it was without clicking the link. Probably my favorite Davy moment. I was expecting [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GfsEl-vZs), which is also a Nilsson song. ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/33 "2012-02-29T19:10:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Have they said what the cause of death is? (I know he was a major league drinker.) _USA Today_ said it was a “massive heart attack” in his sleep. Which would be surprising for someone who seemed to be so fit at his age. Of course, the alcohol abuse would explain it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/34 "2012-02-29T19:11:45Z")
Very sad. I know there were vague plans for The Monkees to perhaps return together and do a long-term show here in Las Vegas. ---
**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, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/35 "2012-02-29T19:13:19Z")
Didn’t they have a tour planned for last year, which was suddenly cancelled without explanation? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/36 "2012-02-29T19:41:29Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Shame his death wasn’t drowning at sea, though. You are an evil, evil man. I knew I liked you. \>\_\> 'S a pity. He wasn’t my favourite Monkee (that bounces back and forth between Peter and Mickey with Mike picking up third place), but I like 'em all, so it’s sad to see him go. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/37 "2012-02-29T19:46:02Z")
66 isn’t that old! And he was so little. Smaller people always last longer than bigger people. How sad. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/38 "2012-02-29T19:48:13Z")
He was the reason Chekov was added to the Star Trek cast-- they wanted a “Davy Jones type” in the crew. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/39 "2012-02-29T19:50:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > He was such a cutie back in the day. Also a child star as The Artful Dodger in _Oliver!_. > > Have they said what the cause of death is? (I know he was a major league drinker.) Even so, sixty-six is too young, BUT he got to work in a lot of his dreams, such as the huge comeback in the 1980s and horse breeding. I was all set to correct you to Jack Wild (also dead … at 53!), but you meant on the stage, right? In the movie, it was Jack Wild, but Davy Jones played the role on stage for a time. According to Wikipedia, which I’ve just been perusing, Jones died of a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367/40 "2012-02-29T19:57:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He was the reason Chekov was added to the Star Trek cast-- they wanted a “Davy Jones type” in the crew. I was reminded on Twitter than Davy Jones is also the reason that singer David R. Jones decided he needed a stage name. He picked David Bowie. Funny the effects that stuff like that can have on pop culture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367.md?page=3)