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David Cassidy, Heartthrob and ‘Partridge Family’ Star, Dies at 67 David Cassidy, Heartthrob and ‘Partridge Family’ Star, Dies at 67
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David Cassidy, the actor, singer and teen heartthrob best known for his role as the musician with the green eyes and the feathered haircut on the 1970s television sitcom “The Partridge Family,” died on Tuesday. He was 67. David Cassidy, the actor, singer and teen heartthrob best known for his role as the band member with the green eyes and the feathered haircut on the 1970s television sitcom “The Partridge Family,” died on Tuesday. He was 67.
His death was confirmed by his publicist, Jo-Ann Geffen, who said he had been suffering organ failure.His death was confirmed by his publicist, Jo-Ann Geffen, who said he had been suffering organ failure.
Mr. Cassidy rose to fame on “The Partridge Family” playing Keith Partridge, the eldest of five children in a family that forms a band and goes on tour. His character, a high school student, was periodically swooned over by young women as he learned to navigate his newfound fame.Mr. Cassidy rose to fame on “The Partridge Family” playing Keith Partridge, the eldest of five children in a family that forms a band and goes on tour. His character, a high school student, was periodically swooned over by young women as he learned to navigate his newfound fame.
The series ran from 1970 to 1974 and turned Mr. Cassidy into a star with hordes of adoring fans. But the young actor and musician struggled with the paradoxical isolation of a life lived in the spotlight.The series ran from 1970 to 1974 and turned Mr. Cassidy into a star with hordes of adoring fans. But the young actor and musician struggled with the paradoxical isolation of a life lived in the spotlight.
“Oh, they’re cute. They get flustered and I get flustered, and it’s all kind of fun,” Mr. Cassidy said of his devotees in 1972, when he was 21. “But it’s no fun when they rip your clothes and take rooms next door in hotels and keep pounding on the door and slipping notes under it.”“Oh, they’re cute. They get flustered and I get flustered, and it’s all kind of fun,” Mr. Cassidy said of his devotees in 1972, when he was 21. “But it’s no fun when they rip your clothes and take rooms next door in hotels and keep pounding on the door and slipping notes under it.”
In an attempt to spice up his squeaky-clean image, Mr. Cassidy posed provocatively in a photo shoot for Rolling Stone in 1972. In the cover story, he said he was already dreaming about the end of his acting career. In an attempt to spice up his squeaky-clean image, Mr. Cassidy posed provocatively in a photo shoot for Rolling Stone in 1972. In the cover article, he said he was already dreaming about the end of his acting career.
“I’ll feel really good when it’s over,” he said. “I have an image of myself in five years. I’m living on an island. The sky is blue, the sun is shining. And I’m smiling, I’m healthy, I’m a family man.”“I’ll feel really good when it’s over,” he said. “I have an image of myself in five years. I’m living on an island. The sky is blue, the sun is shining. And I’m smiling, I’m healthy, I’m a family man.”
Mr. Cassidy was also a musician, performing in concert as a guitarist as recently as this year. His later work never matched the chart-topping popularity of his earlier work as a part of “The Partridge Family,” including the 1970 hit single “I Think I Love You.” Mr. Cassidy had considerable success as a musician — both as a member of the “Partridge Family,’’ whose 1970 hit “I Think I Love You” was a No. 1 hit, and as a solo performer.
He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1970, and his 1972 solo album “Cherish” went gold. The Partridge Family, meanwhile, had six albums achieve that certification from 1970 to 1972.
Mr. Cassidy was among the early pop talents who came to notice through television. Reviewing a 1972 concert that Mr. Cassidy gave in New York City, Don Heckman wrote in The New York Times: “What happened at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon was less a musical event than a love feast, less a concert than a symbolic announcement of what pop music might become. The focus of it all was David Cassidy, singer and star of television’s ‘The Partridge Family,’ and the current idol of almost every 13‐year‐old girl in America.”
“At the close of his program he sang his hit song, ‘Cherish,’ and there people there who would have been very happy to do just that,’’ Mr. Heckman wrote. “But I suspect that their affection had more to say about the manipulative powers of television and recordings than it did, about David Cassidy.”
Mr. Cassidy performed in concert as a guitarist as recently as this year, though he never matched his earlier chart-topping popularity.
In later years, Mr. Cassidy wrote books about the toll stardom had taken on him, and about his own struggles with substance abuse. He revealed this year that he had dementia.In later years, Mr. Cassidy wrote books about the toll stardom had taken on him, and about his own struggles with substance abuse. He revealed this year that he had dementia.
After watching his mother struggle with dementia, he worked with organizations to educate others about Alzheimer’s disease.After watching his mother struggle with dementia, he worked with organizations to educate others about Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Cassidy was born in New Jersey to the actors Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Wood and moved to California as a teenager. He struggled in school but began taking small parts in plays and on television, eventually leading to his big break on “The Partridge Family.” Mr. Cassidy was born on April 12, 1950, in New York City to the actors Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward, grew up in West Orange, N.J., and moved to California when he was still a boy. He struggled in school but began taking small parts in plays and on television, eventually leading to his big break on “The Partridge Family.”
Mr. Cassidy worked on several other television series. A 1978 appearance on “Police Story” earned him an Emmy Award nomination, and he was fired by Donald J. Trump on “The Apprentice” in 2011. Mr. Cassidy worked on several other television series. A 1978 appearance on “Police Story” earned him an Emmy Award nomination, and he was fired by Donald J. Trump on “The Celebrity Apprentice” in 2011.
Mr. Cassidy was married and divorced three times. He is survived by his son Beau, a musician; his daughter Katie, an actress; his Partridge Family co-star and real-life stepmother, Shirley Jones; and three half brothers: Patrick, Ryan and Shaun.Mr. Cassidy was married and divorced three times. He is survived by his son Beau, a musician; his daughter Katie, an actress; his Partridge Family co-star and real-life stepmother, Shirley Jones; and three half brothers: Patrick, Ryan and Shaun.