‎"This Davy Jones thing is a great dry run for when Paul McCartney dies." 
—Anthony Jeselnik

Davy Jones dead, Monkees singer was 66

2:16 PM By Verne Gay

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Davy Jones -- forever young and forever beloved by fans the last 50 years -- has died, according to Reuters. Age: 66. The cause of death was apparently a heart attack.

Jones and his band the Monkees were in a brief moment and time very nearly as popular as the Beatles -- whom they so gently satirized and idolized in that long ago NBC hit. ("The Monkees," by the way, bowed Sept. 13, 1966 -- five days after "Star Trek" launched.)