David Cassidy, star of The Partridge Family, has died at the age of 67.
The retired singer and actor, best known for playing the role of Keith Partridge in the 1970s sitcom, died in Florida on Tuesday. He had been in hospital for a week due to liver and kidney failure.
Singing and acting in hit 70s sitcom The Partridge Family, David Cassidy was an American heartthrob.
Cassidy's family told People he died surrounded "with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long".
"Thank you for the abundance and support you have shown him these many years," the statement read.
In one of his last major TV interviews, Cassidy revealed he was recently diagnosed with dementia.
"I could remember details of automobiles I drove in 1967, but it's the recent memory [that is the issue]," he told American TV host Dr Phil.
"When ... people who love you and care for you keep saying I just told you this, didn't you hear me? That's when I started to become very concerned."
In 2014, the former teen idol also opened up about his troubled relationship with alcohol.
Couldn't be forever...
Couldn't be forever...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Couldn't be forever...
I was never a fan (but my sister was a big one), but it sounds like he's had a tough time recently; all those problems and only 67. That is sad.