- Was a friend of Michael Nesmith in Texas; years before the Monkees, London and Nesmith were part of a trio called Mike, John & Bill (with friend Bill Sleeper). The trio broke up when Sleeper was drafted into the U.S. Army.
- Moved to California around the same time as Nesmith and his wife Phyllis; both men struggled in the Los Angeles music scene, until Nesmith was cast in The Monkees (1965). Nesmith then recruited London to work behind the scenes.
- Along with being Nesmith's stand-in of choice on the Monkees' TV series, London also played bass guitar on some of their records (including "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", which freed Peter Tork to play harpsichord), and co-wrote material with Nesmith ("Don't Call On Me").
- He had two sons, Michael Christopher and Ryan Carl with his ex-wife Vicki.
- He had daughter, Katherine Lorraine with his wife Lana.
- He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Lana Kuehne of Rockport; son Michael Christopher Kuehne & his wife Jessica of San Antonio, son Ryan Carl Kuehne & his wife Vanessa of Houston, his daughter, Katherine Lorraine Kuehne of Rockport; his father, Oscar Kuehne of Boerne; two sisters, Carole (Branch) Hart of Boerne, and Dorothy Kuehne of San Antonio; and one grandchild, Sydney.
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