Editing Peter Tork (section)

==Personal life==
In later life, Tork resided in [[Mansfield, Connecticut]].<ref name=heart>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Tork |title=Davy Jones' Extraordinary Groove |work=The Hartford Courant |date=March 6, 2012 |url=http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-op-tork-davy-jones-the-monkees-extraordinary-he-20120306,0,2235913.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509061104/http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-op-tork-davy-jones-the-monkees-extraordinary-he-20120306,0,2235913.story |archive-date=May 9, 2012 }}</ref> He was married four times, with marriages to Jody Babb,<ref>{{cite magazine| author=Jackie Richmond| title=Peter Tork: The Talented Monkee| url=https://monkees.coolcherrycream.com/articles/1967/06/monkees-monthly/peter-tork-the-talented-monkee| magazine=Monkees Monthly| publisher=Beat Publications Ltd.| date=June 1967| access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> Reine Stewart, and Barbara Iannoli, all ending in divorce. From 2013 until his death, he was married to Pamela Grapes.<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html|title=Peter Tork, Court Jester of the Monkees, Is Dead at 77|last=Gates|first=Anita|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221220510/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/obituaries/peter-tork-dead.html|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He had three children: a daughter, Hallie, with Stewart; a son, Ivan, with Iannoli; and another daughter, Erica, from a previous relationship with Tammy Sestak.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weigle |first1=Lauren |title=Pam Tork, Peter Tork's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/02/pam-tork-monkees-peter-wife-married/ |website=Heavy.com |language=en |date=February 21, 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042131/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/02/pam-tork-monkees-peter-wife-married/ |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> As an adult, Tork identified as having [[Asperger syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://onstagemagazine.com/monkees-indy-rebooted/ |title=Monkees, Rebooted. Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork |last=Philpot |first=Larry |date=19 June 2016 |website=Onstage Magazine |publisher= |access-date=24 March 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
On March 3, 2009, Tork reported on his website that he had been diagnosed with [[adenoid cystic carcinoma]], a rare, slow-growing form of [[head and neck cancer]]. A preliminary biopsy showed that cancer had not spread beyond the initial site. "It's a bad news/good news situation", explained Tork. "It's so rare a combination (on the tongue) that there isn't a lot of experience among the medical community about this particular combination. On the other hand, the type of cancer it is, never mind the location, is somewhat well known, and the prognosis, I'm told, is good." Tork underwent [[radiation therapy]] to prevent the cancer from returning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petertork.com/ |title=Official Peter Tork site |publisher=Petertork.com |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828020037/http://www.petertork.com/ |archive-date=August 28, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 4, 2009, Tork underwent surgery in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Monkee Peter Tork diagnosed with rare cancer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4946607/Former-Monkee-Peter-Tork-diagnosed-with-rare-cancer.html |access-date=February 21, 2019 |date=March 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042026/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4946607/Former-Monkee-Peter-Tork-diagnosed-with-rare-cancer.html |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 11, 2009, a spokesman for Tork reported that his cancer had returned. Tork was reportedly "shaken but not stirred" by the news and said that the doctors had predicted an 80% chance of containing and shrinking the new tumor.<ref>[http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-tork-cancer-reoccurs-0611,0,1695059.story Peter Tork's Cancer Reoccurs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614172242/http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-tork-cancer-reoccurs-0611,0,1695059.story |date=June 14, 2009}}, ''Hartford Courant''</ref>

In July 2009, while undergoing radiation therapy, he was interviewed by ''[[The Washington Post]]'': "I recovered very quickly after my surgery, and I've been hoping that my better-than-average constitution will keep the worst effects of radiation at bay. My voice and energy still seem to be in decent shape, so maybe I can pull these gigs off after all." He continued to tour and perform while receiving his treatments.<ref>Tork, Peter & Jennifer LaRue Huget, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2009/07/my_blog_last_week_about.html Peter Tork's Cancer, In His Own Words] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731191255/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2009/07/my_blog_last_week_about.html |date=July 31, 2016}}, ''Washington Post'' The Checkup Blog, July 1, 2009</ref>

Tork documented his cancer experience on [[Facebook]] and encouraged his fans to support research efforts of the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation.<ref>Jennifer LaRue Huget, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2009/06/a_former_monkee_with_cancer.html A Former Monkee with Cancer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730064613/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2009/06/a_former_monkee_with_cancer.html |date=July 30, 2016}}, ''Washington Post'' The Checkup Blog, June 22, 2009</ref> His cancer returned in 2018, and he died at his home in [[Willimantic, Connecticut]], on February 21, 2019.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Nesmith made the following statement:{{Blockquote|Peter Tork died this AM. I am told he slipped away peacefully. Yet, as I write this my tears are awash, and my heart is broken. Even though I am clinging to the idea that we all continue, the pain that attends these passings has no cure. It's going to be a rough day. I share with all Monkees fans this change, this 'loss,' even so. PT will be a part of me forever. I have said this before—and now it seems even more apt—the reason we called it a band is because it was where we all went to play. A band no more—and yet the music plays on—an anthem to all who made the Monkees and the TV show our private—dare I say 'secret'—playground. As for Pete, I can only pray his songs reach the heights that can lift us and that our childhood lives forever—that special sparkle that was the Monkees. I will miss him—a brother in arms. Take flight, my Brother.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8499445/the-monkees-mourn-peter-tork-death |title=The Monkees' Surviving Members Mourn Peter Tork's Death |last=Marinucci |first=Steve |date=February 21, 2019 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527054626/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8499445/the-monkees-mourn-peter-tork-death |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Nesmith later commented on his often-difficult relationship with Tork. "I never liked Peter, he never liked me. So we had an uneasy truce between the two of us. As clear as I could tell, among his peers he was very well liked. But we rarely had a civil word to say to each other", Nesmith admitted. When he learned of Tork's death, "I broke into tears. What are you going to do?"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/micky-dolenz-and-michael-nesmith-talk-about-peter-tork-and-more-during-interview-on-australian-tv |title=The Monkees' Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz Open Up Like Never Before |last=Bishop |first=Angela |date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |work=[[Studio 10]] |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813162846/https://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/micky-dolenz-and-michael-nesmith-talk-about-peter-tork-and-more-during-interview-on-australian-tv |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dolenz expressed his grief via Twitter, saying "There are no words right now...heartbroken over the loss of my Monkee brother, Peter Tork."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/5308172/micky-dolenz-more-musicians-react-to-the-death-of-original-monkees-bassist-peter-tork/ |title=Micky Dolenz Posts Heartbreaking Reaction to the Death of his Monkees Bandmate Peter Tork |last=Miller |first=Victoria |date=February 21, 2019 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |work=[[Inquisitr]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222194409/https://www.inquisitr.com/5308172/micky-dolenz-more-musicians-react-to-the-death-of-original-monkees-bassist-peter-tork/ |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>