
MONKEE MICHAEL NESMITH MIT 79 VERSTORBEN
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Mit den Monkees erlangte Michael Nesmith bereits in den Sechzigern Weltruhm. 1970 verließ er die Band und setzte seine bereits in der ersten Hälfte der 60er Jahre begonnene Solokarriere fort. Er schrieb zahlreiche Songs für andere Künstler und entwickelte mit „Pop Clips“ für Nickelodeon eine konzeptionelle Struktur, auf der der Sender MTV aufbaute. Nesmith drehte Musikfilme und schrieb Bücher. Am 10. Dezember ist er mit 79 Jahren verstorben.
Michael Nesmith achieved worldwide fame with the Monkees back in the sixties. In 1970 he left the band and continued his solo career, which had already begun in the first half of the 60s. He wrote numerous songs for other artists and developed „Pop Clips“ for Nickelodeon, a conceptual structure on which the MTV channel was built. Nesmith made music films and wrote books. He passed away on December 10 at the age of 79.
Michael Nesmith achieved worldwide fame with the Monkees back in the sixties. In 1970 he left the band and continued his solo career, which had already begun in the first half of the 60s. He wrote numerous songs for other artists and developed „Pop Clips“ for Nickelodeon, a conceptual structure on which the MTV channel was built. Nesmith made music films and wrote books. He passed away on December 10 at the age of 79.