matchup and just one league in i he wants to do it. it will be a good | matchup and just one league in the premier — about 15 minutes in the second half now it is what fred who the. that's all the support from me. michael nesmith, singer and guitarist with 1960s pop group the monkees, has died at the age of 78. the quartet rose to fame with a string of hit songs and starred in their own popular tv sitcom. nesmith, who was from texas, penned songs like mary, mary; circle sky; listen to the band; and the girl i knew somewhere. in a statement to us media, his family said he "passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes". peter mills is a lecturer at leeds beckett university, and wrote �*the monkees, head, and the 60s' — a book about the group. hejoins me now on the line— what did he mean to the world of popular music? —