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A singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur, whose videos gave way to MTV, has died shortly after concluding a farewell tour.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and...

Linda Ronstadt's band, the Stone Poneys, scored a Top 20 hit with the late Michael Nesmith's rejected Monkees tune, Different Drum.

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. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and...

Mike Nesmith, the wool-cap-wearing singer/songwriter who formed one-fourth of the iconic made-for-TV band ``The Monkees,'' and who performed alongside bandmate Micky Dolenz at the Greek Theatre just last month, died today at age 78.

The 'prefab four' were dismissed as fakes by rock snobs. But to their cerebral, erudite guitarist and songwriter, they were anything but

With the group, the singer and guitarist had a string of hits and starred in a TV sitcom in the 1960s.

With the group, the singer and guitarist had a string of hits and starred in a TV sitcom in the 1960s.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and...