13 Facts About Samantha Juste

Samantha Juste was assistant to Cecil Korer, the programme's assistant producer.

Samantha Juste appeared briefly in the 1965 Swinging London film The Knack.

Samantha Juste performed No One Needs My Love Today, written by Phil Phillips, on Top of the Pops on 24 November 1966.

Samantha Juste is tall, blond[e], beautiful, and wearing an emerald green outfit that ends up in a short skirt which tops off her unbelievably gorgeous legs.

Samantha Juste holds his glance briefly then looks quickly away with that haughty sophistication that only the British can do so well.

Dolenz appears not to have realised that Samantha Juste was a celebrity and the publicity took him by surprise.

Ric Klein, Dolenz's friend and best man at his wedding, described a holiday with him in England, during which Samantha Juste acted as "permanent guide", travelling with them to Stratford-upon-Avon in a rented Triumph car.

Samantha Juste wrote articles for the teenage magazine 16 about her time with the Monkees.

Samantha Juste gave up Top of the Pops and moved with Dolenz to California, where they lived in Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills.

Dolenz and Samantha Juste hosted parties attended by musicians and celebrities; Ringo Starr of the Beatles once dubbed Samantha Juste "Earth Mother" for her having made him a chip butty and eggs when he arrived after a "rip-roaring all-nighter".

In 2002, Samantha Juste was photographed with Dolenz at Ami's wedding in Beverly Hills to actor and martial artist Jerry Trimble.

Samantha Juste taught design in Ireland, then returned to the United States, where she and her daughter, Ami, began an online jewellery business, Bluebell Boutique.

Samantha Juste suffered a stroke in her sleep on 2 February 2014 and died on 5 February 2014 in Los Angeles, California.