Editing David Cassidy (section)

==Illness and death==
[[File:David Cassidy.jpg|thumb|Cassidy performing in 2007]]

In 2008, Cassidy publicly admitted he had an alcohol problem.<ref name="Times Union Article">{{cite web|last=Gardinier|first=Bob|title='70s teen star Cassidy meets Officer Tom Jones|url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Notable-names-in-DWI-arrest-4749409.php|publisher=TimesUnion.com (Hearst Communications Inc.) |access-date=August 22, 2013|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref>

On February 20, 2017, following a performance in [[Agoura Hills, California]], in which Cassidy had difficulty remembering the lyrics of songs he had been performing for nearly 50 years, and appeared to fall off the stage, he announced that he was living with [[dementia]] and was retiring from all further performing.<ref name=NBCdementia>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/david-cassidy-partridge-family-star-reveals-he-has-dementia-n723476|title=Former teen heartthrob David Cassidy reveals dementia, quits touring|work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/david-cassidy-reveals-dementia-article-1.2977647|title=David Cassidy reveals he has dementia|newspaper=NY Daily News|access-date=February 21, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He said that his mother and grandfather had also suffered from dementia at the end of their lives, and that "I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming."<ref name=NBCdementia/>
 
Later in 2017, Cassidy fell ill at a recording studio and was hospitalized. In a later phone conversation with an [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] producer, he stated that he had just met with his doctor, that he had liver disease, and that his life had "changed dramatically." Cassidy added that he had been unconscious and near death for the first few days after the incident, but that his memory had returned.<ref name=PeopleNever/> Cassidy also acknowledged that there was "no sign of [dementia] at this stage of [his] life," adding that "[it] was complete alcohol poisoning—and the fact is, I lied about my drinking."<ref name=PeopleNever/> Cassidy said, "You know, I did it to myself, man. I did it to myself to cover up the sadness and the emptiness."<ref name=PeopleNever>{{cite news |last=Helling |first=Steve |title=David Cassidy's Shocking Confession Before His Death: He Was Still Drinking and Never Had Dementia  |url=https://people.com/tv/david-cassidys-never-had-dementia/ |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 6, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> Cassidy had told his family and others that he had given up drinking.<ref name=PeopleNever/>

On November 18, 2017, Cassidy was hospitalized with [[Organ dysfunction|liver and kidney failure]], and was critically ill in a [[induced coma|medically induced coma]].<ref name="Ill">{{Cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/18/david-cassidy-in-a-coma-in-critical-condition-after-being-rushed-to-hospital-7089993/ |title=David Cassidy in 'critical condition' with organ failure |last=Starkey |first=Adam |date=November 18, 2017 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref> He came out of the coma two days later, remaining in critical but stable condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-david-cassidy-hospital-florida-20171118-story.html|title=David Cassidy 'critical but stable' in Fort Lauderdale-area hospital with multiple organ failure|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|first=Brian|last=Ballou|agency=Associated Press|date=November 18, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> Doctors hoped to keep Cassidy stable until a liver became available for [[liver transplant|transplant]], but he died of liver failure on November 21, 2017, at the age of 67.<ref name=nytobit>{{Cite news|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/obituaries/david-cassidy-dead.html?_r=0&referer=|title=David Cassidy, Heartthrob and 'Partridge Family' Star, Dies at 67|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 21, 2017|last1=Fortin|first1=Jacey}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/david-cassidy-1970s-teen-idol-has-died-n822426|title=David Cassidy, 1970s teen idol, has died at 67|last=Chuck|first=Elizabeth|date=November 21, 2017|work=NBC News|access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> According to his daughter, Katie Cassidy, his final words were "So much wasted time."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katie-cassidy-shares-father-davids-last-words-wasted-time-1061383|title=Katie Cassidy Shares Father David's Last Words: 'So Much Wasted Time'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 25, 2017|access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>