Don't forget Hey, Little Woman.Julie, Julie, Julie, do ya love me? Or Easy Come, Easy Go
Once in awhile I snag Bobby Sherman on Sirius.
Don't forget Hey, Little Woman.Julie, Julie, Julie, do ya love me? Or Easy Come, Easy Go
Once in awhile I snag Bobby Sherman on Sirius.
David had so much baggage-divorced parents, young celebrity, exposure and availability to whatever he wanted all led to this.
From what I've read he had a very hard time finding a consistent groove in life after his early mega-success. It's a sad life story, really.
RIP David. Thanks for the music and my schoolgirl crush memories.
Add to that, his father, actor, Jack Cassidy was jealous and bitterly, bitterly scathing about David's success. He said it wasn't a "real" success as David didn't get doing Broadway. And he didn't deserve the fame. A parent doing that, alone, would drive someone to drink & drug. But, I had read, his father was also an alcoholic, one of the reasons Shirley Jones divorced him. So David was predisposed to alcoholism and addictions.
Actress, Anna Kendrick once told another actor, (I forget who,) that celebrities and famous people do not show up at your door one day and hand you a manual on how to handle sudden fame and success. David had such mega-stardom, at such a young-ish age. There was probably no one he could talk to about it.
Didn't Jack Cassidy get drunk and kill himself by starting a fire with a cigarette.
Didn't Jack Cassidy get drunk and kill himself by starting a fire with a cigarette.
Yes, it is believed he either fell asleep or passed out drunk with a lit cigarette and set his apartment (and the whole building) on fire. I actually remember when it happened. He was only 49 years old and was burned so badly they had to identify his body by dental records.
I never heard that he was jealous of his own son(s), as pp mentioned, but if true, that's really sad.
I saw an interview of David saying this decades ago. So it unfortunately wasn't just a rumor that might not be true. Talk about messing someone up.
That's why David tried so hard after the Partridge Family to do "serious" TV roles, instead of sticking with his pop/bubblegum image. And why his first album, "Cherish," wasn't as bubblegummy. But, he could never really shake that pop/bubblegum image even though he did get acclaim for one serious role. No one else would hire him. Being un-hireable, that's when his downward spiral of depression started. He went from super-famous, filming the PF during the week, then doing concerts on weekends for screaming fans, to un-hireable and not taken seriously in his industry.
Wow, that's awful. How many parents don't support their child's ambitions? Not sure of the timing when his brother Shaun also became a teen idol; I wonder if it was the same for him?
Yes, I can imagine how it would be difficult for him. Donny Osmond has said similar things about his life, but I think he managed to have more success in later years than DC.
I was at a Beach Boys concert in the early 90's and David Cassidy was the opening act. It was a pleasant surprise for me, and I and others sang along to the PF songs we knew. But other people were heckling him, calling him a has-been and booing. So rude and disrespectful. It was terrible, I felt so bad for him.
As far as I know Susan hasn't spoken to him since his book came out detailing their one night stand. He even wrote her an apology to which she never responded.What was the cause of death? I know he was suffering from dementia, but what caused the organ failure?
I'd heard the comment that he wasn't attracted to Susan Day because she wasn't slutty. But Susan had a big crush on him for the duration of the series and he wasn't aware of it until Shirley Jones, towards the end of the show, told him something like "Don't you see that she's in love with you?". They slept together once after that. For him, it was a one night thing, but she was in love and was hurt that it didn't lead to anything more. They didn't speak for years, until Susan's LA Law days.