
MY PAL FREDDY CALLED ME WITH THE NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING. HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE MONKEES HAD DIED.
"PETER?", I GUESSED. I GUESSED PETER BECAUSE I KNEW HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
"NO", HE REPLIED.
"MIKE?", I GUESSED AGAIN. MIKE ALWAYS LOOKED THE OLDEST (PETER IS ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR OLDER THAN MIKE) AND HE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE THE OLDER BROTHER TO THE OTHER THREE MONKEES.
"NO", HE ANSWERED.
O.K., SO THAT LEFT DAVY AND
MICKY, THE TWO I LEAST WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO DIE SO YOUNG (I KNEW THEY WERE THE TWO YOUNGEST MONKEES. THEY ALSO SEEMED THE MOST VITAL, THE MOST "FULL OF LIFE" MEMBERS OF THE BAND.) I NEXT GUESSED , MICKY AND THE REPLY WAS AGAIN - NO.

OMG,
DAVY JONES!!!!! ?????? YOU MUST BE KIDDING! HE ALWAYS SEEMED SO YOUNG, ETERNALLY SO. HE WAS THE SHORTEST MONKEE, THE LITTLE GUY- HE WAS, LITERALLY, MY LAST GUESS. HE ALSO SEEMED LIKE THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH MEMBER OF THE GROUP, THE SANEST (A LITTLE USED ADJECTIVE IN THE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS).