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Peter Tork of The Monkees dies at 77

This July 6, 1967, file photo shows, from left, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, David Jones and Micky Dolenz of the musical group The Monkees at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. Tork, who rocketed to teen idol fame in 1965 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, died Thursday of complications related to cancer, according to his son Ivan Iannoli. He was 77. AP PHOTO/RAY HOWARD, FILE

This July 6, 1967, file photo shows, from left, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, David Jones and Micky Dolenz of the musical group The Monkees at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. Tork, who rocketed to teen idol fame in 1965 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, died Thursday of complications related to cancer, according to his son Ivan Iannoli. He was 77. AP PHOTO/RAY HOWARD, FILE