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"A generation mourned the loss of pop icon Davy Jones, who died February 29 at the age of 66--and his four daughters say they&amp;apos;re grateful for the outpouring of affection from fans paying tribute to their deceased father.\r\n&amp;quot;Our family has been greatly comforted by the support and love of everyone who reached out to us,&amp;quot; Talia Jones, Sarah McFadden, Jessica Cramer, and Annabel Jones told Us Weekly in a statement Thursday. &amp;quot;Knowing that so many people around the world were so affected by our dad&amp;apos;s life and music makes us feel connected to you all. You are in our thoughts and hearts.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe Monkees&amp;apos; frontman--who passed away unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack--was laid to rest Wednesday during a small ceremony in Florida.\r\nJones&amp;apos; former bandmates--Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, and Michael Nesmith--opened up earlier this week to Billboard.com about making the tough decision not to attend their friend&amp;apos;s funeral.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My understanding is they want to avoid a media circus and...the family wants to keep it very, very low-key and very, very private,&amp;quot; Dolenz said. &amp;quot;And you can imagine as soon as one or two or any of us were to show up, it would very quickly be degraded into something that I don&amp;apos;t think his immediate family would want to deal with.&amp;quot;\r\nContinued Dolenz, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m kind of respecting [the Jones family&amp;apos;s] wishes, whatever their wishes may be.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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