David Cassidy, '70s teen heartthrob, dies at age 67
Source: CNN
(CNN)David Cassidy, who came to fame as a '70s teen heartthrob and lead singer on "The Partridge Family," has died, according to his publicist Jo-Ann Geffen. He was 67.
The singer-actor had recently been admitted to the intensive care unit of a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area hospital. Cassidy was in critical condition and suffering from organ failure before his death, Geffen said.
Cassidy was born into the entertainment industry that made him a star.
His father was famed actor and singer Jack Cassidy, and his mother was actress Evelyn Ward.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/entertainment/david-cassidy-dies/index.html
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)blue cat
(2,415 posts)rzemanfl
(29,583 posts)David Cassidy or Aretha Franklin. It's that orange, hate-filled, vindictive, unhealthy living poster boy in the White House.
RIP.
LisaM
(27,850 posts)rzemanfl
(29,583 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)My sympathies to his family, friends and fans. He was a staple of my teenage years.
FakeNoose
(32,899 posts)iluvtennis
(19,907 posts)Kittycow
(2,396 posts)Goodbye David. You'll always be in millions of our hearts
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)skylucy
(3,748 posts)Skittles
(153,301 posts)I had long pegged him as someone who would not beat their demons - I remember his dad, a terrific actor also plagued by addictions
SunSeeker
(51,798 posts)Owl
(3,647 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)irisblue
(33,055 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)I'm just glad he didn't die on the same day as Charles Manson. That would have been too cosmically weird to process.
MANative
(4,113 posts)LeftInTX
(25,787 posts)He'll be forever young in my mind.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)RIP David ....
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Rest in peace, David Cassidy.
Boomerproud
(7,983 posts)Heartbreaking but at least he's not in pain any longer.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)hlthe2b
(102,525 posts)In my mind he always be the young heartthrob. RIP, David
kimbutgar
(21,278 posts)You had great hair.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)bdamomma
(63,961 posts)that is sad........
He was a cutie. RIP
sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)emulatorloo
(44,270 posts)He kept on getting better and better. Miss him.
jcboon
(297 posts)Loryn
(945 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)I only knew one song of his but I knew even back then he was hugely popular.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)The music was great pop music, and the comedy was pretty good, but the idea of a family traveling around in a cool painted bus preforming rock music shows, and with a cool hip mother was revolutionary. It was a slap in the face of the perfect all American family meme up to that point of the two parent family, with the doddling mother whose biggest ambition is to raise her kids and make supper.
And David played his part great. I'm sure it was a blast for him to play a teen heart throb, and then actually become one because of it. The medium is the message indeed.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)I wanted to ride in the awesome bus and play music. I thought that would be a wonderful life.
Bye, Keith..David. Thanks for the memories
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)The Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island. They specialized in harmonies and the ability to sing and play music at an early age. The band was formed in the spring of 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and Barry Cowsill; they shortly thereafter added their brother John. Originally Bill and Bob played guitar and Barry was on drums. When John learned how to play drums and joined the band, Barry went to bass. After their initial success, the brothers were joined by their siblings Susan and Paul and their mother Barbara. Bob's twin brother Richard was never the road manager, although this misinformation appears in several places on the internet. The band's road manager was Richard 'Biggie' Korn.[1] When the group expanded to its full family membership by 1967, the six siblings ranged in age from 8 to 19. Joined by their mother, Barbara Cowsill (née Russell), the group was the inspiration for the 1970s television show The Partridge Family.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cowsills
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)I didn't know that!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)I think he had a hard life. Being famous as Keith Partridge was a burden for him.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Bayard
(22,230 posts)I was so in love.
God it sucks getting old!
Rhiannon12866
(206,756 posts)It was my mother who started talking to him, think he was between gigs at that point and he seemed pleased to be recognized. I know he had issues with alcohol, did community service for DWIs in my neck-of-the-woods a few years back. There was a write-up in the paper about how he went above and beyond to give back.
sueh
(1,829 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,653 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)a Monkee lost among Bradys as it were. But a trouper nonetheless. RIP David Cassidy.
BumRushDaShow
(129,986 posts)and knew this was coming after the earlier thread giving a heads-up. Still sad though.
R.I.P. and -
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)My favoriote PF song, in honor. Bonus: Richard Pryor & Louis Gossett, Jr.
I had this colorforms set:
TexasBushwhacker
(20,254 posts)They were quite the scandal in 1972.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)but I wouldn't have seen them in 1972, as I was a kindergartner.
BootinUp
(47,213 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)He had a truly unique and beautiful voice, starting from a very early age.
RIP.
obamanut2012
(26,183 posts)Who also died from the disease.
Skittles
(153,301 posts)but alcoholism certainly contributed
TexasBushwhacker
(20,254 posts)David had a genetic double whammy.
Skittles
(153,301 posts)I believe he learned from a classmate his parents were divorced, and his dad was jealous of David's success. Poor guy.