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RIP David 'Davy' Jones of The Monkees (1945 - 2012)

RIP David 'Davy' Jones of The Monkees (1945 - 2012) David Thomas "Davy" Jones (30 December 1945 -- 29 February 2012) was an English rock singer-songwriter and actor best known as a member of The Monkees. Davy Jones was born in Leamington Street, Openshaw, Manchester, England, on 30 December 1945. At the age of 11, he began his acting career, and appeared on the British television soap opera Coronation Street as Ena Sharples's grandson, Colin Lomax in 1961. He also appeared in the BBC police series Z-Cars. However, after the death of his mother from emphysema when he was 14 years old, he left acting and trained as a jockey with Basil Foster. Meanwhile, soon events developed which conspired to bring Jones back to the stage. That is when Foster was approached by a friend who worked in a theatre in the West End of London during casting for Oliver!., Foster replied that, "I've got the kid." Jones then became more interested in being in show business and appeared to great acclaim in the musical Oliver! as the Artful Dodger. After playing the role in London, he accompanied the show on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award. On 9 February 1964, he appeared with the Broadway cast of Oliver! on The Ed Sullivan Show, the same episode on which The Beatles made their first appearance. Jones says of that night, "I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that." Following his Ed Sullivan ...

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