page_title: Davy Jones (musician)
hierarchical_section_title: Davy Jones (musician)
caption_attribution_description: English: Davy Jones of the Monkees at a press conference in Sydney, 1968, photographed by Greg Lee for Australian Photographic Agency.
context_page_description: David Thomas "Davy" Jones was an English singer and actor. He was born in Manchester, England.
  His father wanted him to be a jockey, but he wanted to be a performer. He appeared in the television programme, Coronation Street and in the London and Broadway versions of Oliver!. In 1966, he joined The Monkees, a musical group created for a television series of the same name. The series was cancelled in 1968 and the group disbanded in 1970.
  Jones continued to perform until his death from a heart attack caused by atherosclerosis in 2012 in Stuart, Florida.
context_section_description: David Thomas "Davy" Jones (December 30, 1945– February 29, 2012) was an English singer and actor. He was born in Manchester, England. 
  His father wanted him to be a jockey, but he wanted to be a performer. He appeared in the television programme, Coronation Street and in the London and Broadway versions of Oliver!. In 1966, he joined The Monkees, a musical group created for a television series of the same name. The series was cancelled in 1968 and the group disbanded in 1970. 
  Jones continued to perform until his death from a heart attack caused by atherosclerosis in 2012 in Stuart, Florida.
caption: Davy Jones in Sydney, in 1968.
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