7th Heaven Actors You May Not Know Passed Away

In Season 3's "No Sex, Some Drugs and a Little Rock 'n' Roll," audiences are offered a brief glimpse into Eric Camden's past when members of his old band, the Flower and Vegetable Show, drop by for a visit. Among the graying trio is a bona fide rock star – Peter Tork of the Monkees, who plays the band's frontman, Chris. The character later turns up briefly in Season 5's "One Hundred."

Peter Tork got his start as a folk singer on New York's vibrant Greenwich Village scene before joining the Monkees on the recommendation of his friend, Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash fame. A proficient songwriter and musician on multiple instruments, he chafed at being prevented from playing on the Monkees' first two albums, and eventually departed the group in 1969.

Solo work, including an appearance on George Harrison's soundtrack album, "Wonderwall," preceded his reunion with fellow ex-Monkees Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz in 1986. Mike Nesmith joined them for the 1996 album "Justus," but remained absent from subsequent reunions. Between tours, Tork also appeared as Topanga's father on "Boy Meets World" and other series. Diagnosed with cancer in 2009, he kept the disease in remission for nearly a decade until he died eight days after his 77^th birthday on February 21, 2019.