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Seriously? TMZ was (surprise surprise) the first to report the death of Davey Jones of the Monkees.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginSinger Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heart attack at 66, the medical examiner's office in Martin County, Fla., has confirmed to NBC News.A statement issued by the medical examiner's office says that Jones complained Wednesday morning that he wasn't feeling well and was having trouble breathing. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No suspicious circumstances surrounded his death, and his family has been notified. He is survived by his wife, Jessica, and four daughters.The news was originally reported by TMZ.Jones was most famous for his role in the pop group The Monkees, which was put together in 1965 for the TV show of the same name. With such hits as "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and the "Monkees" theme song, the group sold more than 50 million records.
I was very sad to hear Davy Jones died. I've always like the Monkees even though I hadn't been born yet when the show was originally on. I've had their songs stuck in my head since I heard the news, on TMZ of course.Another heart attack. Age 66. On Feb 29, another 2 11 like Whitney. Not saying there's a conspiracy here but I never know what to think anymore these days.
What is the origin of the phrase "Davy Jones' Locker"?We knew that sailors used the phrase to refer to the bottom of the ocean, but we had no clue as to its origin. After entering the phrase "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login" in the Yahoo! search bar, we discovered several possibilities:Michael Quinion's excellent You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login site offers a great quote from Tobias Smollet's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle(1751): "This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep...."One legend suggests that a particularly fiendish pub owner named David Jones used to incapacitate hapless drinkers in his ale locker, and send them off aboard ships. Sounds like a handy way of disposing of your enemies.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login offers an interesting linguistic take on the issue: Davy is a bastardization of Duffy, the West Indian term for ghost. Jones comes from Jonah, the prophet who spent a few uncomfortable days lodged in the GI tract of a whale. And a locker, loosely defined, is a place to store valuable things. So the phrase "He's gone to Davy Jones' locker" (i.e., he cashed it in) loosely translates as "He's safe with Duffy Jonah now."A random You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login page we stumbled across has some entertaining guesses: Duffer Jones was a notoriously myopic sailor who often found himself overboard. Davy could also come from the horned one himself, the Devil. The shortest sailor on board usually impersonates him during the the Crossing of the Line, a bizarre naval cross-dressing ceremony. The less said, the better.And finally, we were happy to read that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login denies a link between the phrase and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of the Monkees. They also suggest that Davy comes from St. David, a patron saint of Welsh sailors, and reiterate the Jones/Jonah connection. That sounds reasonable enough to us.