"But it's given me wings." His father was actor Jack Cassidy, who suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism. The elder Cassidy died in a fire in 1976 when he fell asleep with a lit cigarette.

While he was gone, his estranged father Jack Cassidy died in 1976. Said Cassidy of the loss: “I just wish I could have talked to him before he left. I didn’t have a chance to say ‘I love you.’ ...

actor Jack Cassidy, suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism, and displayed increasingly erratic behavior towards the end of his life. He died in a fire in 1976 when he fell asleep with a lit ...