On a somber note, as we bid 2006—and The Monkees' Ruby Anniversary year, thusly—adieu, we take time to pay final tribute to those illustrious Monkees film and TV icons who parted from this world this year:

• Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Lupe in "It's A Nice Place To Visit...")
  
• Diane Shalet Strong (The Fairy Of The Locket in "Fairytale")
  
• June Whitley Taylor (Mrs. Russell in “Here Come The Monkees” [Original Pilot Film])
  
• Robert Cornthwaite (Nyetovich in "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes")
  
• Stanley Z. Cherry (co-writer of "Some Like It Lukewarm"[a.k.a. "The Band Contest"])
  
• Richard S. Ramos (Reporter #2 in “The Monkees In The Ring”)
  
• Irving Lippman (cinematographer)
  

To absent friends...