Editing David Cassidy (section)

==Personal life==
Cassidy's first wife was actress [[Kay Lenz]], whom he married on April 3, 1977,<ref>Nevada, Marriage Index 1956–2005</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Jeannie |last2=Alexander |first2=Michael |date=November 20, 1989 |title=After Riding a Lifetime of Ups and Downs, Kay Lenz Hits Her Stride with a Role in Midnight Caller |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115986,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222042141/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115986,00.html |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2014 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=32 |issue=21 |quote=...David Cassidy when they married in 1977, just 2½ months after meeting on a blind date.}}</ref> and divorced on December 28, 1983.<ref>California, Divorce Index 1966–1984</ref><ref name="people.com">{{cite magazine |last=Vespa |first=Mary |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20085003,00.html |title=Now Back Onstage, David Cassidy Has a New Fiancée and a Confession; His Rock Days Were No Picnic |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102759/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20085003,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=biography.com />

Cassidy married his second wife, horse breeder Meryl Tanz, in 1984.<ref name="filmref">{{cite web | url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/David-Cassidy.html | title= David Cassidy Biography (1950–) | publisher= FilmReference.com | access-date= February 11, 2014}}</ref> They met in 1974 at a horse sale in [[Lexington, Kentucky]].<ref name="people.com"/> This marriage ended in divorce in 1988.

Cassidy's daughter, actress [[Katie Cassidy]], was born in 1986 from an extramarital [[affair]] with fashion model Sherry Williams.<ref name="tvguide">{{cite magazine |date= |title=Katie Cassidy: Biography |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katie-cassidy/bio/249463 |magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319040713/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katie-cassidy/bio/3030057649/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref> After Cassidy and Williams ended their relationship, Katie was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Richard Benedon. Cassidy spoke of his absence from Katie's life: in February 2017, he said, "I've never had a relationship with her. I wasn't her father. I was her biological father but I didn't raise her. She has a completely different life. I'm proud of her. She's very talented. It's hard for me to even accept how old she is now."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Dugan |first=Christina |date=February 22, 2017 |title=David Cassidy Opens Up About His 'Beautiful' Son – and Why He Doesn't Have a Relationship with His Daughter |url=http://people.com/celebrity/david-cassidy-talks-relationship-son-daughter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130183645/https://people.com/tag/david-cassidy/ |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=December 26, 2017 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

Cassidy married songwriter Sue Shifrin on March 30, 1991. It was Cassidy's third marriage and Shifrin's second marriage. They had one child, Beau,<ref>{{cite web |title=David Cassidy & Wife Divorcing |url=https://people.com/crime/david-cassidy-wife-divorcing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205164249/https://people.com/crime/david-cassidy-wife-divorcing/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2015 |url-status=live |work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Rix |first=Juliet |date=August 17, 2012 |title=David Cassidy: My family values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/18/david-cassidy-my-family-values |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016211223/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/18/david-cassidy-my-family-values |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2015 |newspaper=the Guardian}}</ref> in 1991.<ref name="sentinel">{{cite news |author=Clary |first1=Mike |last2=Alanez |first2=Tonya |name-list-style=and |date=August 25, 2013 |title=David Cassidy, despite spotlight from recent DWI arrest, known as low-key neighbor in Fort Lauderdale |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-08-25/news/fl-david-cassidy-fort-lauderdale-20130825_1_david-cassidy-jo-ann-geffen-the-partridge-family |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223183738/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-08-25/news/fl-david-cassidy-fort-lauderdale-20130825_1_david-cassidy-jo-ann-geffen-the-partridge-family |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |access-date=October 20, 2014 |newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]]}}</ref><ref name="TMZ">{{cite news |date=February 11, 2014 |title=David Cassidy Wife files for Divorce |work=[[TMZ]] |url=http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/11/david-cassidy-divorce-sue-alcohol-rehab-dui/ |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925091345/https://www.tmz.com/2014/02/11/david-cassidy-divorce-sue-alcohol-rehab-dui/ |archive-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref> In August 2013, Cassidy's Los Angeles publicist confirmed that the couple had separated, with Shifrin filing for divorce in February 2014.<ref name=sentinel/><ref name=TMZ/>

Cassidy moved to [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], in 2002.<ref name="southfloridasun-sentinel">{{cite web |author=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=October 2, 2015 |title=David Cassidy charged with I-595 traffic incident |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-david-cassidy-hit-run-20151002-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131003045/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-david-cassidy-hit-run-20151002-story.html |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2015 |work=Sun-Sentinel.com}}</ref> He filed for bankruptcy in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 26, 2015 |title=David Cassidy says goodbye to 'place of refuge' in Fort Lauderdale |url=http://www.local10.com/entertainment/david-cassidy-says-goodbye-to-place-of-refuge-in-fort-lauderdale/34927694 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516215254/https://www.local10.com/news/2015/08/26/david-cassidy-says-goodbye-to-place-of-refuge-in-fort-lauderdale/ |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |access-date=October 4, 2015 |work=Local10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-davidcassidy-idUSKCN0R91IX20150909|title=Home of bankrupt ex-teen heartthrob David Cassidy auctioned|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=October 4, 2015|date=September 9, 2015|archive-date=October 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005051040/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-people-davidcassidy-idUSKCN0R91IX20150909|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=David Cassidy Files for Bankruptcy |url=http://www.people.com/article/david-cassidy-files-bankruptcy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316091546/http://www.people.com/article/david-cassidy-files-bankruptcy |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2015 |work=People}}</ref>

===Activism===
In 2011, Cassidy recorded a [[public service announcement]] for [[Alzheimer's disease]] research and prevention – because his mother, Evelyn Ward, suffered with the condition<ref>{{cite web |author=Sollitto, Marlo |title=David Cassidy: Teen Idol to Dementia Caregiver |url=https://www.agingcare.com/articles/david-cassidy-goes-from-teen-idol-to-dementia-caregiver-154023.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305041357/http://www.people.com/article/david-cassidy-files-bankruptcy |archive-date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2017 |publisher=AgingCare.com}}</ref> – and said that he would campaign for that cause whenever possible.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/21/david-cassidy-dementia-and-his-tragic-family-history/|title=David Cassidy, dementia and his tragic family history|newspaper=The Mercury News|publisher=Bay Area News Group|author=Ross, Martha|access-date=February 21, 2017|date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> He planned to address Congress in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111021/ENTERTAIN/110210321/-1/ENTERTAIN08 |title=Time to scream! David Cassidy comes to Lycian Centre |work=Times Herald-Record |date=October 21, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |archive-date=January 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112052056/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111021/ENTERTAIN/110210321/-1/ENTERTAIN08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cassidy was a long-time registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. During a 2012 guest appearance on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' he expressed his views on the leading [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates for president, [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Newt Gingrich]]. Cassidy stated, "I believe both of them are the most embarrassing, sad, pathetic &nbsp;... I mean, really, this is the best we can do?"<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/407039/january-26-2012/the-great-available-panel |title=The Great Available Panel: John Harwood, Katrina vanden Heuvel and David Cassidy share their thoughts on Newt Gingrich's sex appeal, Mitt Romney's wealth and Connecticut's tacos |work=The Colbert Report |date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

===Alcohol-related driving incidents and criminal charges===
Cassidy was arrested for [[driving under the influence]] (DUI) in Florida on November 3, 2010.<ref>Martinez, Edecio. (November 4, 2010) [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20021832-504083.html David Cassidy Arrested: "Partridge Family" Star Accused of Drunk Driving in Fla. – Crimesider] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211072714/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20021832-504083.html |date=February 11, 2011 }}. CBS News. Retrieved on March 27, 2011.</ref>

Cassidy was arrested for DUI in [[Schodack, New York]], in the early hours of August 21, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mandell |first=Andrea |date=August 21, 2013 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/21/david--cassidy-arrested-for-drunk-driving/2681339/ |title=David Cassidy arrested for drunken driving |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |access-date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> He was pulled over after failing to dim his headlights as he passed a police car going in the opposite direction. After performing poorly on a [[field sobriety test]], Cassidy was subjected to an [[Breathalyzer|alcohol breath test]], returning a blood alcohol level of 0.10%, which was above the New York legal limit of 0.08%.<ref name="Times Union Article"/> The arresting officer, one Tom Jones, reported that Cassidy was polite and courteous; in reference to a 1965 [[What's New Pussycat? (song)|hit song]] by singer [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], Cassidy jokingly asked the officer, "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New, Pussycat?]]"<ref name="Times Union Article"/> Cassidy was charged, taken to jail, and released several hours later on $2,500 bail. On May 12, 2015, Cassidy was sentenced to community service, a fine, and a six-month license suspension.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/David-Cassidy-sentenced-without-appearing-in-6258402.php|title=David Cassidy DWI case ends with sentencing|work=Times Union|access-date=October 4, 2015|date=May 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/05/david_cassidy_sentenced_upstate_new_york_dwi_case.html|title=David Cassidy sentenced in Upstate New York drunken-driving case|work=syracuse.com|access-date=October 4, 2015|date=May 13, 2015}}</ref>

Cassidy was arrested on suspicion of DUI in California on January 10, 2014, after he made an illegal right turn against a red light. He was held overnight in jail,<ref>{{cite news |last=Merl |first=Jean |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-david-cassidy-20140111,0,2076506.story#axzz2q8Z6WkH6 |title='70s heartthrob David Cassidy arrested on suspicion of DUI near LAX |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> ordered to undergo inpatient rehabilitation, and placed on probation for five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/24/david-cassidy-dui-no-contest-plea-rehab/|title=David Cassidy Ordered Into Rehab After DUI Plea|date=March 24, 2014 |publisher=[[TMZ]]|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Duke |first=Alan |date=March 24, 2014 |title=David Cassidy gets probation, rehab for DUI conviction |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/showbiz/david-cassidy-dui-plea/ |access-date=October 4, 2015 |work=CNN}}</ref>

On September 9, 2015, Cassidy was cited in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], on charges of leaving the scene of a car accident, improper lane change, expired plates and driving on a suspended license.<ref name="southfloridasun-sentinel"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/David-Cassidy-arrested-for-leaving-scene-of-6548186.php|title=David Cassidy arrested for leaving scene of accident|work=Times Union|access-date=October 4, 2015|date=October 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-david-cassidy-charged-hit-and-run-foreclosure-auction-20151002-story.html|title=David Cassidy facing hit-and-run charge in crash on the day his home was auctioned|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 2, 2015|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref>