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"On Nov. 14, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith stood onstage together at L.A.’s
Greek Theater and took their final bow as the Monkees. It was end of a farewell
tour that had taken them all across North America. And although it was
impossible for fans to ignore Nez’s frailty throughout the long tour,
especially during the early shows when he sat on a stool for much of the set,
it was still an enormous shock when the news came today that Nesmith had died
from heart failure.
“I found out a couple days ago that he was going into hospice,” Dolenz told
Rolling Stone a couple hours after the news hit. “I knew what that meant. I had
my moment then and I let go. I let go a couple days ago. It’s just good to know
that he passed peacefully.”
“We were onstage just a few weeks ago,” he continued. “I’m so glad that we did
that tour. He was so looking forward to that, and such a trooper through the
whole thing. A tour is tough if you’re in the best of health. He just really
loved it. He really loved doing it.”
Dolenz is still processing the sudden death of his friend and bandmate, but he
took the time to tell us about his long history with Nez, in and out of the
Monkees."
Via Michael Fenichel and Paul Ferguson.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
