David Cassidy

Heir to a blended show business dynasty that included a Tony award-winning father, a dancer-choreographer mother and an Academy Award-winning stepmother, David Cassidy enjoyed meteoric success as the 20-year-old star of the television phenomenon, "The Partridge Family" (ABC, 1970-74). Within a year of its premiere, Cassidy was a multiple Grammy award-winning, multi-gold and platinum-certified recording artist and millionaire, with a fan club membership outnumbering those of Elvis Presley and The Beatles. By the age of 24, he was an industry burnout, labeled persona non grata by the owners of hotels vandalized by his fans and deemed a health hazard due to overzealous crowds wrecking havoc at his live performances. Despite redefining himself in later life as a top-ranked Las Vegas headliner, a composer, actor, philanthropist and entrepreneur, David Cassidy never fully escaped being the "G-rated Mick Jagger" and the early 1970s' king of the teenyboppers. While battling personal issues including a longtime battle with alcoholism, Cassidy gamely played to his aging fanbase throughout his life before succmbing to liver failure on November 21, 2017 at the age of 67.