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My Take
What grabs me about Bobby Sherman is not the screaming-teenager fame of the late 1960s but what he did with it: at the height of his pop-idol run he walked away to become a paramedic and a deputy sheriff. That choice tells me more about the man than any gold record. "Little Woman" made him a household name, yet he seemed almost relieved to trade the spotlight for genuine usefulness, returning to perform only on his own terms. I admire people who treat fame as a phase rather than an identity, and his quiet second act earns my lasting respect.
Overview
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025) was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller "Little Woman" (1969). Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bobby Sherman
- Name (Japanese)
- ボビー・シャーマン
- Reading
- ぼびー・しゃーまん
- Born
- July 22, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Birmingham High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Here Come the Brides | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.peacelovebobby.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Sherman
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.