David Cassidy was a rare teen idol in a decade full of rock gods

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The Partridge Family star, who died last night at age 67, “was an anomaly in his day, a rare fresh-faced teen idol breaking out in a cultural moment when generational disaffection and cultural anxieties were producing very different rock icons,” says Aja Romano. “When people think of ’70s singers, they tend to gravitate first to rougher rock icons like Mick Jagger or Sid and Nancy. Yet Cassidy, on the pop side of the ’70s, was one of the biggest artists of the decade.”

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• Danny Bonaduce: "I have known, loved, and admired David Cassidy for 48 out of my 58 years. He has been as kind to me as any real brother could ever be.”
• Cassidy had a “star-power that burned so bright, so fast that, despite maintaining a lifelong career in show business, it always seemed as if he was playing catch-up to that peak, chasing a comeback that could never be achieved," writes Kevin Fallon.