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In reply to the discussion: Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dead at 66 From Heart Attack [View all]calimary
(81,238 posts)48. I did, too. Very neat Michael Nesmith tribute on Facebook:
Michael Nesmith
All the lovely people. Where do they all come from? So many lovely and heartfelt messages of condolence and sympathy, I dont know what to say, except my sincere thank you to all. I share and appreciate your feelings. But lets not get ahead of ourselves here. While it is jarring, and sometimes seems unjust, or strange, this transition we call dying and death is a constant in the mortal experience that we know almost nothing about. I am of the mind that it is a transition and I carry with me a certainty of the continuity of existence. While I dont exactly know what happens in these times, there is an ongoing sense of life that reaches in my mind out far beyond the near horizons of mortality and into the reaches of infinity. That David has stepped beyond my view causes me the sadness that it does many of you. I will miss him, but I wont abandon him to mortality. I will think of him as existing within the animating life that insures existence. I will think of him and his family with that gentle regard in spite of all the contrary appearances on the mortal plane. Davids spirit and soul live well in my heart, among all the lovely people, who remember with me the good times, and the healing times, that were created for so many, including us. I have fond memories. I wish him safe travels.
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Well there are other groups like the 4 Seasons, The Beatles and many more
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#11
Jesus that's young--and made more freakish by the fact that he always looked even younger than his
MADem
Feb 2012
#13
I didn't see this before I posted down thread. I saw Hendrix and the Monkees in Charlotte.
11 Bravo
Feb 2012
#28
I saw the Monkees in Charlotte, NC, in the late 60's. I went primarily to see Jimi Hendrix ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2012
#25
That's so sad, and he wouldn't have even gotten Social Security under the new retirement age.
shcrane71
Feb 2012
#36
Oh, no. He looked so healthy when I saw him in on TV not too long ago. 66 is so young.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#68