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He and Tommy Boyce formed a hit songwriting duo of the 1960s, and were best known for the unexpectedly popular tunes of a made-for-TV boy band.
By Alex Traub
Bobby Hart, who alongside his best friend, Tommy Boyce, gave a musical identity and several hit songs to a fictional television rock group called the Monkees, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.
The band announced the death on social media.






