L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Monkees, a pop band born from a 1960s situation comedy, were always as culturally authentic to me as the Beatles and the Marx Brothers, whom, in the spirit of "A Hard Day's Night" they were created to conflate. Monkee (and former Monkee, and Monk... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Monkees, a pop band born from a 1960s situation comedy, were always as culturally authentic to me as the Beatles and the Marx Brothers, whom, in the spirit of "A Hard Day's Night" they were created to conflate. Monkee (and former Monkee, and Monk... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Early on in his life as one-fourth of the Monkees, Peter Tork learned a cruel truth about the gargantuan gulf between image and reality in Hollywood. He dutifully arrived at a recording studio one day, guitar in hand, after being told some new Monkee... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Early on in his life as one-fourth of the Monkees, Peter Tork learned a cruel truth about the gargantuan gulf between image and reality in Hollywood. He dutifully arrived at a recording studio one day, guitar in hand, after being told some new Monkee... more info

New York Times — Mr. Tork was an accomplished musician, but he became famous for his comedic role as the goofy member of a made-for-television band. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — His death, seven years after the loss of singer Davy Jones, leaves just two Monkees surviving. more info

USA Today Music — Tork's cause of death is not yet public, though he was diagnosed with a rare tongue cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, in 2009.             more info

Stereogum — Peter Tork, a member of the massively popular '60s band the Monkees, has died. The Washington Post reports that Anne Thorkelson, Tork's sister, has confirmed news of Tork's death, though she declined to say how he died. Tork was 77. more info

JamBase — Peter Tork of the Monkees died at age 77. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Peter Tork of The Monkees has died at age 77 and had been battling a rare form of cancer... Continue reading… more info