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11-21-2017, 09:35 PM
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RIP David Cassidy
Gosh I used to watch the Partridge Family.
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11-21-2017, 09:54 PM
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obit:
http://variety.com/2017/music/people...ly-1202618273/
Yeah, I remember some of the girls in grade school toting around their Partridge Family lunch boxes. Wasn't a big fan of the show, but it's certainly a part of the early 70s culture.
Hopefully his post-life destination differs from Mr. Manson's....
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11-21-2017, 11:56 PM
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11-22-2017, 12:36 AM
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Nothing better than a celeb who likes horseracing!
Just to finish the Washington Post story CJ linked, David must have pounded Mayan King down to 8-1 in the 2005 Lane's End.
Here's a link to the chart of that race:
http://www.equibase.com/premium/char...05&cy=USA&rn=9
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11-22-2017, 07:21 AM
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RIP, loved the show growing up. It was Must See TV om Friday nights after the Brady Busch. And I remember the horse racing, seemed like a cool guy.
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11-22-2017, 10:20 AM
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I’m sorry to hear of his passing.
Loved the Partridge Family when i was a kid, Reuben Kincaid was priceless.
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11-22-2017, 10:47 AM
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Things went downhill for him pretty fast over the past couple of years. He seem to have a pretty good life prior to that though. Sorry to hear of his passing.
Sean Cassidy is his brother and had his fame as a teen heartthrob too. I don't recall what else he did but he was a Hardy Boy.
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11-22-2017, 11:04 AM
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I forget the name of the horse, but some years ago I was watching TVG on a chilly winter afternoon and David Cassidy called in and told them that he had a first time starter going in the next race at Aqueduct. He said that the horse broke loose during a training session and they timed him going something like a :45.2 half. He paid $100,000 for the colt and he said it was much more than he usually spent. I believe it was a NY Bred. Anyway, he was touting the horse a few minutes before post time. I had picked a different horse in the race, which I liked, so I put in a $10 exacta box with his horse and my pick and his horse won at 5-2 odds and I hit a 16-1 exacta.
He sounded like a nice guy, very excited about his horse, and it was nice of him to share inside information with the TVG viewers.
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11-22-2017, 11:04 AM
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Lay off the sauce, folks. There is a big price to pay in the end.
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11-22-2017, 11:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Sean Cassidy is his brother and had his fame as a teen heartthrob too. I don't recall what else he did but he was a Hardy Boy.
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Yeah, Shaun certainly had his time in the music spotlight too, and he went on to become a successful TV writer and producer in his later years..
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11-22-2017, 11:32 AM
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As time ticks on we tend to live so deep into the 'now' that we forget what life was before the current next, new big thing.
Where I am going here is that to people of a certain age, David Cassidy may have been the most popular music celebrity of alltime -- his popularity even exceeding that of Justin Bieber.
The Partridge Family begat the music and the TV show became the perfect vehicle to promote the records, the world wide tours and all that. The fictional 'Partridges' were based on the real life musical family and successful group, The Cowsills.
RIP to David Cassidy.
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11-22-2017, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reckless
As time ticks on we tend to live so deep into the 'now' that we forget what life was before the current next, new big thing.
Where I am going here is that to people of a certain age, David Cassidy may have been the most popular music celebrity of alltime -- his popularity even exceeding that of Justin Bieber.
The Partridge Family begat the music and the TV show became the perfect vehicle to promote the records, the world wide tours and all that. The fictional 'Partridges' were based on the real life musical family and successful group, The Cowsills.
RIP to David Cassidy.
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Didn't the Monkees come prior?
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11-22-2017, 03:21 PM
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I remember my sister had every David Cassidy item known to man and his posters covering every wall in her room. I will admit to watching the Partridge Family when I was a kid. I think it is still on Sunday afternoons on Antennae TV in my area.
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11-22-2017, 09:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reckless
...Where I am going here is that to people of a certain age, David Cassidy may have been the most popular music celebrity of alltime -- his popularity even exceeding that of Justin Bieber.
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Seriously? I'm not even sure David Cassidy outshined Leif Garrett.
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11-23-2017, 12:09 AM
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gelding
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Reckless is right, for millions and millions of girls in the early 70s, David Cassidy was the ultimate teen heart throb. Trying to undersell how popular he was compared to more enduring phenoms like Elvis and The Beatles just doesn't ring true. For those two or three years, there was no one bigger than Cassidy.
Last edited by FantasticDan; 11-23-2017 at 12:11 AM.
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