What is Peter Tork?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Peter Tork | birth_name = Peter Halsten Thorkelson | background = solo_singer | image = File:WikiTork.jpg | caption = Tork at Family Gras, Metairie, Louisiana, January 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|2|13|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|21|1942|2|13|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Mansfield, Connecticut]], U.S. | instrument = Bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, [[banjo]], [[french horn]], percussion, vocals | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[rock and roll]], [[Pop music|pop]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, artist, multi-instrumentalist, activist | years_active = 1964–2019 | label = [[Colgems Records|Colgems]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Bell Records|Bell]], [[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]], [[Sire Records|Sire]] | associated_acts = [[The Monkees]], [[Shoe Suede Blues]], [[George Harrison]], [[James Lee Stanley]], Release, Cottonmouth, The Peter Tork Project | website = {{URL|http://www.petertork.com/}} | notable_instruments = }} '''Peter Halsten Thorkelson''' (February 13, 1942 &ndash; February 21, 2019), better known as '''Peter Tork''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and [[musician]]. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] He started as a [[folk music]]ian in [[Greenwich Village]]. In 1966, he became famous as a member of [[The Monkees]]. He was recommended for the group by his friend [[Stephen Stills]]. Shortly after The Monkees [[television series]] ended 1968, he left the [[band]]. He played with the other members of the group at times, but often played with his own bands and [[tour]]s. Tork died on February 21, 2019 in [[Mansfield, Connecticut]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-tork-endearingly-offbeat-bassist-and-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-77/2019/02/21/479cf4ae-35ee-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7838bb0bf126|title = Peter Tork, ende