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Peter Tork

Actor, musician
13 February 1942 to 21 February 2019

An American actor and musician who was the keyboard player and bassist for 60s pop act The Monkees, Tork starred alongside his bandmates in the sitcom The Monkees (1966-1968) that helped catapult the band to overnight success. After the series’ cancellation the band took to the big screen for the satirical comedy Head (1968).

Read Peter Tork's Guardian obituary here.