article_snippet.sent: Jones, best known for his work with the band The Monkees, died of a heart attack in 2012 at the age of 66.
article_snippet.sent: Jones, who was born in Manchester, England, became the band's teen idol thanks to his Beatles-like appearance.
article_snippet.sent: His father had wanted His to become a jockey before His became a child star as the Artful Dodger in Oliver in the West End and Ena Sharples's grandson in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street.
article_snippet.sent: After the Monkees broke up, Davy Jones split from Davy Jones U.S. wife Linda Haines and returned to England where Davy Jones married the artist Anita Pollinger.
article_snippet.sent: When they split in 1995, Davy Jones began breeding horses in Hampshire and racing as a jump jocket.
article_snippet.sent: Davy Jones would later go on to live in Florida but suffered a heart attack while and died on February 29 2012.
highlights_snippet.sent: British-born Jones best known for being member of the band
highlights_snippet.sent: Jones, who became a teen idol in the 1960s, died in 2012 at the age of 66 .