RIP -- Davy Jones

[vanillafluffy]

God, I feel so old.

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Comments

[adventurat]

I know, me too. I lurved him so much when I was a kid.

[vanillafluffy]

Yeah, it's one thing when it's someone older, but when it's someone who seemed "attainable" in grade school---oh woe!

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[jdsgirlbev]

Those boys gave so much happiness and laughter. The Monkees are all over my playlists.

Rest well Davy.

[vanillafluffy]

Amen!

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[pwcorgigirl]

I turned on NPR evening news yesterday evening just in time to catch a snippet of him singing "cheer up sleepy Jean," and my heart sank.

And you know you're getting older when 66 seems young to have died. He still seemed youthful to me.

[vanillafluffy]

I dunno---66 seems like no-man's land: It's beyond "middle-aged", but certainly not ancient. Although that may be because my dad lived to be 75, but the rest of my family (mom, bro) died in their 50s.

On the other hand, that's a few years older than John Lennon ever got to be....

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[chocolate_frapp]

I know what you mean.

[vanillafluffy]

Ah well, plenty of people don't like that long.

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[karaokegal]

Tell me about it!

[vanillafluffy]

You don't want that, believe me. I just got through making a hopes and dreams speech, and I'm bummed. Wasn't I just 30-something? WTF happened?!

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