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American musician Peter Tork, best known as bbadist for pop band The Monkees, died at the age of 77. The announcement of the death was posted Thursday on the official Facebook page of the artist.
The Monkees were very famous in the sixties, with hits such as "I'm a Believer", "Last Train to Clarkville" and "Hey Hey We're the Monkees".
The group had been "created" in a NBC TV series, whose aim was to mount an American response to the Beatles phenomenon. For these reasons, and probably also because they were not the authors of their songs as it was the case for Lennon and McCartney within the Beatles, the Monkees were given the nickname of "Préfab Four", in opposition with the "Fab Four" (Fab Four) which was the mark of the English of Liverpool.
The Monkees, described as the first boyband, were successful until 1970, when they were separated, like the Beatles. In the years that followed, however, the Monkees reformed several times for concerts.
The exact causes of Peter Tork's death have not yet been made public. Ten years ago, he had certainly suffered from a rare form of cancer but he seemed to be recovering from his illness.
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