Peter Tork, born Peter Halsten Thorkelsen February 13, 1942 in Washington, DC, rose to fame as a member of The Monkees, a television show that aired in the 1960s. He began piano lessons at nine and learned to play banjo and guitar. Tork joined the folk music scene in Greenwich Village.
Tork was cast in The Monkees with Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith. He left the show in 1969 and began a solo career. He appeared on numerous television shows and movies into the 2010s.
He passed away in February 2019 from cancer.
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