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Peter Tork: Hello, greetings and all salutations! 😁 Peter Halsten Thorkelson here, musician, songwriter, one-time actor, former orgy organizer. I just want to iterate that no one appreciates the female species more than me. And I don’t mean that only sexually, I take all my friendships and professional relationships seriously too. Romantically or platonically, you can count on me. 😊

Jody Babb: …Um…

Lauren Ellis: OMG, Peter 😍🤩 Greatest relationship of my life. The best boyfriend, the best lover, the best musical mentor…the prime of both my career and love life, if I’m being honest. So many wonderful memories…I wish we hadn’t broken up, ngl.

Diane Hildebrand: A lot of my favorite moments writing songs for the Monkees involve Peter. He was an introspective composing partner and a pretty good date. Surprisingly generous tipper compared to some of the cheapskates in this town.

Genie Franklyn: Oh yeah, I love Peter Tork! He always had the best edibles in his kitchen.

Barbara Iannoli: Peter’s not a bad guy. He means well as a father and he’s a decent partner, but you know…I did realize I was a lesbian by the end of our marriage…on top of him cheating.

Deborah van Valkenburgh: Peter and I dated for a while in the ‘90s. That was nice, but I thought it was funny how he would always tell people we met I was famous. I mean, I didn’t think I was any more relevant than a Monkee, but he really liked everyone knowing his girlfriend was the actress from The Warriors.

Jennifer McLeod: A big chunk of my life was with Peter Tork. We were together for most of the ‘80s, when the Monkees were having their big comeback. So that was kind of crazy, but in a fun way. At the time, we suggested the relationship ended because I didn’t want to move out of New York. Which wasn’t a lie, but…it’s also because he left me for a 23-year-old…

Leah Cohen: Peter was adorable when we were a couple. That smile could make you forgive anything, and he was a blast on dates. It was just…a little disappointing how questions at the beginning of the day would go from, “Do you want to get coffee at Danielle’s?” to “Do you want to try a threesome with this groupie I know from The Whisky?”…

Karen Harvey: Peter is like a big brother you can always rely on…who also writes you love songs and sometimes shares a bed with you.

Reine Stewart: I’m gonna be real, I only started going out with Peter Tork because I thought he was cute and he was good at oral; and in return, he thought I was smokin’ hot lay. Turns out, those aren’t good foundations to build a stable relationship.

Debbie Donovan: I gotta hand it to Peter, he was way cooler with dude-chick-dude threesomes than most men usually are. Even in the ‘60s, it could still be a struggle to find a guy comfortable with another dick in the bedroom, but the penis to vagina ratio didn’t matter to him. Then again, it could’ve been the hallucinogenics too.

Cynthia Plaster-Caster: Peter Tork fucked up the cast I was going to make for his junk, but the moment was hilarious at the time, so I don’t hold it against him.

Mimi Machu: Peter Tork uses a lot of tongue while making out…like a loooot of tongue.

Phyllis Barbour: Peter Tork once saw me naked while I was getting out of the shower. Complete accident, but…it’s a thing that happened.

Valerie Kairys: Peter Tork! 😄 Great work buddy, super charismatic, amazingly talented artist…interesting roommate.

Marilyn Ingram: Peter is really good at intimacy. He just struggles with…everything else.

Pamela Grapes: Peter once told me I was the first wife/girlfriend he had been completely faithful to since college. I mean, I was flattered, but…bro…

Lynne Randell: I’ll always appreciate Peter Tork warmly welcoming me into the Monkees’ crew when I was their opening act and traveling out of the country for the first time. But my God, by the end of that tour I was wishing for a lobotomy just so I could stop walking in on Peter getting blown by one of his groupies in any random room.

Nurit Wilde: Peter Tork sheltered me and my newborn baby for a year while his bandmate chose to be a deadbeat dad. Greatest man to exist if you ask me.

Ann Moses: Aw, Peter…Probably my closest friend of all the famous guys I knew back then. He was the best party host and included you in every activity. You could talk to him about anything and he would want to listen to your opinion. Genuinely kind, amazing at cuddling, a great kisser... 😌….😳 Not that I would know anything about that…

Jody Babb: …I’m just going to stick with ‘no comment.’

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GEORGE HARRISON Let It Be (1970) dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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Jan-Michael Vincent in Big Wednesday, 1979

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karen dalton

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Lisa Bonet in "Bank Robber" (dir. Nick Mead - 1993).

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Vera Miles hair and makeup tests for Vertigo, 1958.

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1973 Lee Advertisement 👖

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US Vogue November 15, 1966. Photos by Richard Avedon.

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tod + julie // parenthood (1989.)

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Ringo Starr of The Beatles with fans Dorothy Howe left and Judith Howe at Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney at 6.30am on 14 June 1964. (Photo by Trevor Dallen/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

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Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)

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Chrissie Shrimpton flying out to join boyfriend Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones at the end of their US tour, 4th December 1965.

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Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982, dir. Alan Parker

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Dovima by Tony Vaccaro, 1957

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Stevie Nicks, 1981