Peter Tork, a member of the 1960s pop group The Monkees, is the nicest guy. Bearded, bespectacled, he dutifully manned his celebrity booth near the entrance to the Wizard World ...

The Monkees — Peter Tork, left, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz (performing without Michael Nesmith) — on the group’s 20th-anniversary tour in 1986. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times) ...

(CNN) — Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees and a jokester on the band’s popular 1960s television series, has died at age 77. Tork’s death was announced on his official Facebook page on ...

Peter Tork, the bassist of the legendary band The Monkees, has died, his bandmate said on Twitter. Tork was 77. On Twitter, Monkees' drummer Micky Dolenz wrote, "There are no words right now ...

Peter Tork, a guitarist who became an overnight star in the late 1960s as one of the Monkees, the made-for-television rock band that was a pop-culture sensation, has died. He was 77. “It is with ...

Tork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 1942. Trained as a musician, he played a variety of instruments, including guitar, bass guitar, banjo and keyboards.

Peter Tork, a member of the made-for-TV pop group The Monkees, has died at the age of 77. "There are no words right now... heartbroken over the loss of my Monkee brother Peter Tork," bandmate ...

Peter Tork, a struggling musician who became an overnight teenage idol in the 1960s with the Monkees, died on Thursday at a family home in eastern Connecticut.He was 77. His son, Ivan Iannoli ...

Peter Tork, the bassist for 1960s rock favorites the Monkees, is dead at 77. Tork's cause of death is not yet public, though he was diagnosed with a rare tongue cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma ...

Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees and a jokester on the band’s popular 1960s television series, has died at age 77.

Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees and a jokester on the band’s popular 1960s television series, has died at age 77. Tork’s death was announced on his official Facebook page on Thursday ...