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    BornDavid Bruce Cassidy · April 12, 1950 · New York City, U.S.
    DiedNovember 21, 2017 (aged 67) · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
    SpousesKay Lenz · (m. 1977; div. 1983) · Meryl Tanz · (m. 1984; div. 1987) · Sue Shifrin · (m. 1991; div. 2016)
    Children2, including Katie Cassidy
    Early life

    Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City, the son of singer and actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. His father was of half Irish and half German ancestry, and his mother was descended … See more

    Career

    On January 2, 1969, Cassidy made his professional debut in the Broadway musical The Fig Leaves Are Falling. It closed after four performances, but a casting director saw the show and asked Cassidy to make a screen te… See more

    Personal life

    Cassidy's first wife was actress Kay Lenz, whom he married on April 3, 1977, and divorced on December 28, 1983.
    Cassidy married his second wife, horse breeder Meryl Tanz, in 1984. They met in 1974 at a h… See more

    Illness and death

    In 2008, Cassidy publicly admitted he had an alcohol problem.
    On February 20, 2017, following a performance in Agoura Hills, California, in which Cassidy had difficulty remembering the lyrics o… See more