In , he wrote a book about his years being Keith Partridge, and performed updated songs from the Partridge Family years. David died on November 21, , in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was sixty seven. Sign In. Edit David Cassidy. Showing all 82 items. Often played the roles of people that were members in a rock band. Father of Beau Cassidy with Sue Shifrin. Son of actress Evelyn Ward and actor Jack Cassidy. Had an operation at age 11 on his left optical nerve which was wrapped around a blood vessel, sometimes resulting in a "lazy" eye when he was over-tired, and had his gall bladder removed in after a concert in Wildwood, New Jersey.
Former stepson of Elliot Silverstein. Starred in the play "Time" in London with Laurence Olivier in It was Olivier's final stage performance although he was only seen via a previously filmed segment. In an attempt to break from his Keith Partridge persona, he posed nude for Annie Leibovitz for a photo in the 11 May "Rolling Stone" magazine.
Cassidy was so affected that he quit both touring and The Partridge Family At his peak, Cassidy was the world's highest paid live entertainer, and his official fan club was the largest in pop history - exceeding Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
Both shows were notorious flops, the former closing after four performances. Claimed in his autobiography that he turned down an offer in the early '70s to record an album of songs written by Lou Reed and produced by David Bowie who wanted to experiment with his teenybopper image.
He was a close friend of John Lennon , whom he greatly admired. Mentioned in the song "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos. His acting mentor was real-life former stepmother Shirley Jones He admitted to having a crush on Shirley since the age of 6, when his family took him to see her movie Oklahoma! Ex-stepbrother-in-law of Ann Pennington and Janice Pennington. Was a fan of Julie London 's music. His father was of half Irish and half German ancestry.
His mother, Evelyn Ward , died on December 23, , at age Decided to quit The Partridge Family , after the fourth season, ostensibly because he was tired of the role and wanted to work on other projects, but also because of a tragic mob-stampede at one of his UK concerts in Cassidy was rushed by an out-of-control crowd, which resulted in over six hundred British fans being seriously injured Lead vocalist and lead guitarist of The Partridge Family He filed for bankruptcy that same year.
In February he claimed he had been diagnosed with dementia in He also announced his retirement from performing. However a few months later he admitted he did not have dementia and had used it as a cover for his alcoholism. Friends with Larry Hagman , and Larry Manetti. In , he publicly admitted to having struggled with alcoholism for most of his life Daughter Katie Cassidy posted on social media site Twitter: "My father's last words were 'so much wasted time'.
This will be a daily reminder for me to share my gratitude with those I love, and to never waste another minute In his stage performances, Cassidy often joked playfully about his Partridge Family days. Yet he also said that some of their music could really hold up as soft rock, if people gave it a chance.
He cited "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted" as the song he was always most proud of, claiming that it has a lot of the characteristics required for good, "soft folk rock". Lost a lot of money investing heavily in the s dotcom boom when the bubble burst.
Had therapy three times a week for three years in the late s. Both he and his stepmother, actress-singer Shirley Jones, made the cover of the prestigious Life magazine at age He in , and she in early In an interview, Shirley Jones reported that at the height of the "The Partridge Family," David Cassidy would work all week on an episode and then fly off on weekends to perform concerts.
He would often show up on set looking very exhausted. At the height of David's reign as a teen idol, he fronted an anti-smoking campaign This was largely in response to his father Jack's death - which occurred when Jack accidentally dropped a lit cigarette onto a couch, starting a fire that gutted his apartment with himself in it. Became friends with Leif Garrett while filming "The Spirit of '76". Following his passing. He didn't have any public memorial service nor funeral.
His remains were cremated and his ashes scattered at the race track. A former pop idol he quit the pop world in after earning 18 gold records to live in Hawaii and concentrate on horses after marrying race horse breeder Meryl Tanz which lasted 10 years. Cassidy was married three times: to Kay Lenz , Meryl Tanz and Sue Shifrin, a songwriter, whom he married in His last decade was punctuated with problems caused by alcoholism.
Between and he was arrested three times for drink-driving and he was sentenced to 90 days in rehab after the offence. The sentence coincided with Shifrin filing for divorce, followed a year later by Cassidy declaring bankruptcy. He continued to tour, but fans complained that he seemed drunk onstage and was forgetting lyrics to his songs. In February, after falling down at a concert, he revealed that he had dementia , the disease of which his mother and maternal grandfather had died.
His children survive him, as do Jones and his half-brothers, Shaun, Ryan and Patrick, from her marriage to his father. David Cassidy obituary. Actor and singer who became a teen idol thanks to The Partridge Family but always hated his superstar status David Cassidy - a life in pictures. Read more. David Cassidy — a life in pictures. He had 3 older half-brothers, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. His father married singer Shirley Jones in He graduated in He studied at Los Angeles City College but never completed a degree.
David Bruce Cassidy April 12, November 21, was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge played by his stepmother, Shirley Jones , in the s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as a superstar pop singer of the s. David Cassidy died on November 21, , at the age of 67 Age.
His reported cause of death was liver and kidney failure. He was also battling dementia. They separated in and their divorce was finalized in Cassidy was about 5ft 7in tall and he was of Irish, German and Swiss ancestry.
He filed for bankruptcy in February We will update you soon. David Cassidy in Keith Partridge Family. Later that year he moved to Los Angeles and landed a contract with Universal Studios. He appeared in early television shows like Ironside, Bonanza, and Adam
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