{"id":128433,"date":"2019-02-21T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/monkees-singer-and-bass-guitarist-peter-tork-dead-at-77"},"modified":"2019-02-21T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:50:17","slug":"monkees-singer-and-bass-guitarist-peter-tork-dead-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/monkees-singer-and-bass-guitarist-peter-tork-dead-at-77","title":{"rendered":"Monkees Singer and Bass Guitarist Peter Tork Dead at seventy seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-73417\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2019_02_21_peter-tork-dead-dies-monkees-singer-bass-guitarist\">\n<h2>\n<\/h2>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf1\">Peter Tork<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf2\">Monkees Singer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf3\">Dead at 77<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"article-posted-date\">\n<\/h5>\n<p>     2\/21\/2019 9:11 AM PST<\/p>\n<div class=\"all-post-body group article-content\">\n<p><a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2019\/02\/21\/peter-tork-photos\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bell Records artists\" alt=\"Bell Records artists\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Monkees-Singer-and-Bass-Guitarist-Peter-Tork-Dead-at-77.jpg\" \/><\/a><strong>Peter Tork<\/strong> \u2014 the lovable member of the pop band, The Monkees \u2014 died Thursday after a decade-long battle with tongue cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s sister reportedly confirmed the musician\u2019s death but did not reveal where he passed or the cause. The Monkees singer was diagnosed in 2009 with a rare cancer \u2026 adenoid cystic carcinoma.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monkees singer\" alt=\"Monkees singer\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1550772761_47_Monkees-Singer-and-Bass-Guitarist-Peter-Tork-Dead-at-77.jpg\" \/>Tork was known as the wise-cracking, self-described \u201cdummy\u201d of the made-for-TV music group \u2026 who played bass guitar and keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>His biggest claim to fame, musically, might be the piano intro on the group\u2019s mega hit, \u201cDaydream Believer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk?&amp;rel=0&amp;start=21&#038;w=728&#038;h=410]<\/p>\n<p>He also contributed on vocals, singing the lead on tracks like \u201cLong Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter was also the oldest member of the group, at 24, when \u201cThe Monkees\u201d show first aired on NBC in 1966 \u2026 and instantly became a sensation thanks to the trail blazed by Beatlemania.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=96A0uyFWQHs&#038;w=728&#038;h=410]<\/p>\n<p>Tork left the group after its huge success in the late \u201960s and tried to make it on his own as a solo artist, but returned to The Monkees in the mid-\u201980s for major reunion tours.<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s survived by his wife, Pamela, and his 3 kids \u2014 2 daughters and a son.<\/p>\n<p>He was 77.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/21\/peter-tork-dead-dies-monkees-singer-bass-guitarist\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/monkees-singer-and-bass-guitarist-peter-tork-dead-at-77\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Tork Monkees Singer Dead at 77 2\/21\/2019 9:11 AM PST Peter Tork \u2014 the lovable member of the pop band, The Monkees \u2014 died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}