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My Take
David Cassidy fascinates me as a case study in fame arriving too big and too early. As Keith Partridge he became, for a stretch, the highest-paid entertainer on earth, adored with an intensity that predates and arguably predicts modern fandom culture. Yet I always sensed a serious musician trapped inside the poster, a singer-songwriter who spent decades trying to be heard over the screaming. His voice had a genuine sweetness that the teen-idol machinery both amplified and cheapened. When he died in 2017, I felt the 1970s lose one of their defining faces, and pop history gain a cautionary, oddly moving chapter.
Overview
David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician. While he was best known in the United States for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family, he was an international success in his solo career as a singer. For a period, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world. After completing high school, Cassidy pursued acting and music.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Cassidy
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・キャシディ
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・きゃしでぃ
- Born
- April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / singer-songwriter / television actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- University High School
- University
- University High School
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.