The Monkees bassist and singer Peter Tork died Thursday at the age of 77, his sister Anne Thorkelson has confirmed. Pam was there to support Peter six years ago when he battled adenoid cystic carcinoma – a rare cancer that occurs in the head and neck. Scroll down for videoMonkees bassist and singer Peter Tork died Thursday at the age of 77, his sister Anne Thorkelson confirmed. By 1969 Tork had left the Monkees and his venture into a new group called Release proved unsuccessful in 1970. When Tork, Jones and Dolenz toured the US in 2001, Tork quit early, unable, he said, to put up with 'the drinking and difficult behavior offstage'.

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2019 16:21 UTC