Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for All Seasons, Dies at 78

Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for All Seasons, Dies at 78
Michael Nesmith of The Monkees performs at the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 27, 2014. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File
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LOS ANGELES—Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78.

Nesmith, who had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died at home Friday of natural causes, his family said in a statement.