UDavy Jones, owazalelwa eManchester, usweleke ngoLwesithathu odlulileyo kwisibhedlele iMartin Memorial eStuart, eFlorida, eneminyaka engama-66 ubudala, emva kokuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo. Emva kokuba iindaba zaphuka, iinkwenkwezi ezifana noWill Smith, uEva Longoria okanye uNeil Diamond - owabhalela iiMonkees 'Ndilikholwa' - bavakalise ukuzisola kwabo kuTwitter nakuFacebook.
UJones waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokubambela eneminyaka eli-11 kuthotho lwaseBritane 'Isitrato saseCoronation'. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwakhe kumculo othi 'Oliver!' bendizomsa kuye Broadway, apho wayeza kuphumelela ukutyunjwa kukaTony kwaye adibane nenkampani yeScreen Gems, eyathi ngo-1966 idale uchungechunge lwethelevishini 'IiMonkees'.
Phakathi ko-1966 no-1968 uchungechunge oluthi 'IiMonkees' lwafumana impumelelo enkulu kumabonakude, kuquka ezimbini Emmy Awards, kodwa impumelelo yokwenene yayikwiitshathi zokuthengisa zomculo. Iialbham ezine zokuqala zafikelela kwinani lokuqala kwiitshathi zase-US, zonke zafumana isatifikethi seplatinam. Emva kokucinywa kolu thotho kunye nedabi elisemthethweni lokufumana ulawulo lomculo abawenzayo, iiMonkees zaqhubeka neerekhodi kunye neekhenkethi, kwaye zade zathatha inxaxheba kwifilimu ethi, 'Intloko', ukususela ngo-1968. Nangona kunjalo, kunye nokuhamba kweminyaka kuphela. UMicky Dolenz kunye noDavy Jones bashiywe bephethe le projekthi, leyo yaphelelwa ngowe-1970.
Kangangeminyaka, uJones noDolenz baqhubeka nokusukela umculo ecaleni kukaTommy Boyce kunye noBobby Hart, de kwaphakathi kwiminyaka yoo-80. I-MTV ivuse uluhlu kunye noNesmith kunye noTork baphinda badibana namaqabane abo amadala kukhenketho oluya kuthi ekugqibeleni lube nesiphumo sokurekhodwa kwamacwecwe amabini amatsha. Ixesha lokugqibela iThe Monkees ingabonwa eqongeni kwakunyaka ophelileyo, ngethuba babekhenketha kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engamashumi amane anesihlanu lasekwayo.
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Umthombo: I-Europa Press