Whatever happened to 70s teen heartthrob David Cassidy?

I loved the Partridge Family! I grew up watching that show. Life has not been particularly kind to David or Danny. Being a child star certainly has its pitfalls and not many have lived through it unscathed.

It appears he has anger issues, too.

I came in to say I saw him in Vegas several years ago, but now I see you aren't wondering where he went, you're wondering what happened to him.  He sounded drunk or something on that clip. 

Yeah same here. Sad. 

I onky just caught up with this. He has a totally different take on bankruptcy to what I understood- is it different in the States? Is he trying to avoid splitting his assets 50:50 in the divorce?

I saw him in concert a few years ago at a casino. He gave a wonderful performance. His voice was still great and he totally made fun of his former teen heartthrob status.

He has had way too much plastic surgery.

It's such a shame that he hasn't beaten his alcoholism.

You mean you thought you declared bankruptcy when you had no assets left?  That's not always the case here.  A solicitor friend of mine said years ago that he would be happy to be bankrupt if necessary as he would be able to reorganise his finances.   A few years later that's exactly what he did.  

It used to be if you had a County Court Judgment against you for just £50 you could declare bankruptcy (I am going back many years to when I first started work!).  The Courts then determined in what order your debts would be paid and what percentage of your assets went to each creditor.   That then left you free to start all over again, debt free.  It may be still similar now, I don't know.  I think you are not allowed to operate certain types of bank accounts for 6 years nor obtain credit but it's certainly viewed by some as a way of reorganising debts.  

I think you posted while I was typing.    My solicitor friend was practising as a solicitor when he was declared bankrupt and he still is a solicitor, employed by a local authority.  

In my eyes it's not the thing to do but it does happen.  

I saw this the other day. Whatever station it was on did come to his defense a little bit. They said it is super hard to have these kinds of interviews because of the delay. You are hearing what you just said repeated in the microphone in your ear piece and if you have not done these types of satellite interviews it can get very confusing.

They also said they realized he was having other problems, but that the delay/earpiece issue can get to the best of people.

Alcoholism is a sad thing.

I'm surprised he was allowed to practice. Up until recently my code of practice ( nursing) meant you had to go in front of the board if you declared bankruptcy and could be struck off. Certainly many financial professions will exclude you after bankruptcy . Of course the law differs greatly between England and Scotland.

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Except that David Cassidy wasn't a child star - he started acting at 19 and was nearly 21 when the partridge family started.

All the people in my life who declared bankruptcy got to keep everything they had (ie house, cars) and ended up with no debt and material wise were much better off then the rest of us. They were inconvenienced with not being allowed access to any credit for a few years. So no credit cards, loans etc.

I know for a long time I honestly thought if you declared bankruptcy you lost your home, your cars etc as they would be applied to your payments. But no you keep them. You declare bankruptcy to prevent losing your business, home, cars etc.

Country Ham, clearly bankruptcy means different things in different countries!

It's Shaun not Shawn

I saw him in Las Vegas 18 years ago. He put on a great show, was engaging with the audience and in all the years he's been in show business I don't recall all the scandal associated with a lot of celebrities today. Shame that he went on a show to be interviewed and was blindsided by a gotcha question. The interviewer clearly wanted to embarrass Cassidy.