David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 â€" November 21, 2017) 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 1970s musical-sitcom The
Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as
a superstar pop singer of the 1970s.Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth
Avenue Hospital in New York City, the son of singer and actor Jack
Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. His father was of half Irish and half
German ancestry, and his mother was descended mostly from Colonial
Americans, along with some Irish and Swiss roots. His mother's
ancestors were among the founders of Newark, New Jersey.As his parents
were frequently touring on the road, he spent his early years being
raised by his maternal grandparents in a middle-class neighborhood in
West Orange, New Jersey. In 1956, he found out from neighbors'
children that his parents had been divorced for over two years and had
not told him.
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 1970s musical-sitcom The
Partridge Family. This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as
a superstar pop singer of the 1970s.Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth
Avenue Hospital in New York City, the son of singer and actor Jack
Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. His father was of half Irish and half
German ancestry, and his mother was descended mostly from Colonial
Americans, along with some Irish and Swiss roots. His mother's
ancestors were among the founders of Newark, New Jersey.As his parents
were frequently touring on the road, he spent his early years being
raised by his maternal grandparents in a middle-class neighborhood in
West Orange, New Jersey. In 1956, he found out from neighbors'
children that his parents had been divorced for over two years and had
not told him.
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