The Monkees’ Peter Tork, born Peter Thorkelson, died this morning at age 77. The announcement came over his Facebook page, which did not state the cause of death, although in 2009 it was reported that ...

Peter Tork, a musician who became a sensation as a member of the Monkees, the made-for-TV pop group that soared to fame in the 1960s, has died at 77. Peter Tork of the Monkees, shown at a press ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Tork, who rose to teen-idol fame in 1966 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died. He was 77. Jane Blumkell of ...

Peter Tork, who rose to teen-idol fame in 1966 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died. He was 77. Jane Blumkell of fellow Monkee Micky ...

Peter Tork, a struggling musician who became an overnight teenage idol in the 1960s with The Monkees, died Thursday at a family home in eastern Connecticut. He was 77. His son, Ivan Iannoli, said the ...

Peter Tork was positioned as the goofy one, the court jester of The Monkees. Director Bob Rafelson, one of the show’s creators, compared him to Harpo Marx. Ray Howard ASSOCIATED PRESS Peter Tork, a ...

Micky Dolenz is reminiscing about his late bandmates from The Monkees — and sharing the "pain" that accompanies their loss. Dolenz is the group’s sole surviving member following the death of Michael ...

The series took on NBC's censors in 1967 during a Season 2 episode titled "The Devil and Peter Tork.” It was a rare example of a lighthearted sitcom openly testing broadcast standards in the late ...