Editing David Cassidy (section)

===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>