{"id":135400,"date":"2017-11-21T19:48:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135400"},"modified":"2017-11-21T20:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:36:55","slug":"rip-david-cassidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/rip-david-cassidy.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, David Cassidy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I confess I enjoyed The Partridge Family<\/i> back in my childhood days. Music fakery for the show aside, it was fun pop tuneage and innocuous TV goofery. And Cassidy was no Olivier, but he had a decent acting CV<\/a>\u00a0to go with his singing talent. I’m sorry to hear he’s passed.<\/p>\n

Thank you, sir, for some pleasant music and some hours of entertainment.<\/p>\n


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\nDavid Cassidy, ’70s teen heartthrob, dies at age 67 – CNN<\/a><\/span>
\nDavid Cassidy, who came to fame as a ’70s teen heartthrob and lead singer on “The Partridge Family,” has died, according to his publicist Jo-Ann Geffen. He was 67.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I confess I enjoyed The Partridge Family back in my childhood days. Music fakery for the show aside, it was fun pop tuneage and innocuous TV goofery. And Cassidy was no Olivier, but he had a decent acting CV\u00a0to go with his singing talent. I’m sorry to hear he’s passed. 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