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Low key funeral takes place for late Monkee
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 8 March 2012
A private funeral for late Monkees singer Davy Jones was held near his home in Florida yesterday, a spokeswoman has confirmed. As expected, it was a low key affair for close family and friends, including the late singer’s wife and daughters. The British born star was cremated and his ashes will be returned to his original home town of Manchester, publicist Helen Kensick told reporters.
As previously reported, Jones’ Monkees bandmates said they would stay away from the private funeral to ensure it didn’t become a big media event. They may attend a public memorial service that is being planned, which could take place in either New York or LA. Meanwhile a memorial service has already been confirmed to take place in Manchester next week, Kensick confirmed.
Fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz recently said that some sort of reunion performance in honour of his late bandmate was a possibility, either at a public memorial service or at a special memorial concert, though no firm plans have been made as yet. It will be interesting to see if any such event also involves Michael Nesmith, who sat out of the band’s most recent reunion.
