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12/11/21 Hey Hey I'm a Monkee! And Expensive Videos!

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Michael Nesmith, a singer and guitarist for the hit group the Monkees, died Friday.

He was 78.

Micky Dolenz, Nesmith's bandmate, confirmed the news to CNN.

"I've lost a dear friend and partner," Dolenz said. "I'm so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best -- singing, laughing, and doing shtick. I'll miss it all so much. Especially the shtick. Rest in peace, Nez."

He landed a role on the TV series "The Monkees" in 1965. The series aired from 1966 to 1968. He went on to have a solo career and has been considered one of the pioneers of country rock. In 1981 he won a Grammy Award for video of the year.

Before he even joined the Monkees, Nesmith wrote a breakup song called “Different Drum.” The Monkees producers “said to him, ‘That’s not a Monkees song,’” Micky Dolenz told Rolling Stone in 2016. “Michael said. ‘Wait a minute, I am one of the Monkees.’ He gave it to Linda Ronstadt, and the rest is history.”