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David Cassidy arrested for DUI for third time since 2010
Today.com ^ | January 11, 2014 | Kevin Murphy

Posted on 01/11/2014 6:19:53 PM PST by SamAdams76

David Cassidy, a former teen idol and star of the 1970s U.S. television series "The Partridge Family," was arrested in California on Friday night on suspicion of drunken driving — his third such arrest since 2010.

Cassidy, 63, was stopped on a road near Los Angeles International Airport after making a right turn on a red light in violation of a posted sign, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.

After smelling alcohol coming from Cassidy's vehicle, an officer gave him a field sobriety test that showed a blood alcohol content of 0.19 percent, the patrol said. That level is more than twice the 0.08 legal limit for driving in California.

Cassidy was alone in the car, the patrol said.

Cassidy was charged in August with drunken driving in Schodack, N.Y., after initially being stopped for not dimming his headlights, authorities said at the time. He was arrested and convicted for drunken driving in Florida in 2010.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: addiction; alcohol; cassidy; dui
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To: Jeff Chandler

And move to Mexico.


61 posted on 01/11/2014 7:33:25 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: SamAdams76

Alcoholism is a terrible thing. His problem is not a drinking problem his problem is a stopping problem (or as some of us might say a thinking problem).

Sometimes one’s bottom is death


62 posted on 01/11/2014 7:36:45 PM PST by Nifster
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To: bgill

Saying ‘no’ is not a possibility for the real alcoholic. It is an obsession of the mind and an allergy of the body. Consider yourself lucky to never have developed a craving for a drink that drives one to the gates of hell


63 posted on 01/11/2014 7:39:02 PM PST by Nifster
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To: JoeDetweiler

Glad you had a moment of clarity. Not everyone does. Many die an awful death


64 posted on 01/11/2014 7:40:12 PM PST by Nifster
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To: dfwgator
Now he’s singing “I Woke Up in Jail This Morning.”

Spittake

65 posted on 01/11/2014 7:43:53 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: carriage_hill

My play on “Butch” Cassidy went unappreciated.


66 posted on 01/11/2014 7:44:33 PM PST by Misterioso (All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal. - Ayn Rand)
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To: Misterioso

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, right over my head. I’ve had a long day and am fading fast... Now I get it. LOL.


67 posted on 01/11/2014 7:51:22 PM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Fungi

Thank you, just what I was thinking too.


68 posted on 01/11/2014 8:04:23 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: JoeDetweiler
One day at a time, FRiend .. cheers   d:^)
69 posted on 01/11/2014 8:07:49 PM PST by tomkat
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To: SamAdams76
Youth is fleeting, as is the beauty that goes with it. And, as the old saying goes, it is entirely wasted on the young, who have no idea how precious and transient it is.

It goes doubly hard on those who reach the high point of their lives at a very young age, and then have decades of decline through which to suffer, bitterly clinging to what they once had.

Pity the David Cassidy's of the world.

70 posted on 01/11/2014 8:21:07 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell x)
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To: 1217Chic

When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
Wed hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days grow short
Im in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
>from fine old kegs
>from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year


71 posted on 01/11/2014 8:24:33 PM PST by logitech (It is time.)
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To: KosmicKitty

No kidding. We all age until we stop.

But drinking. popping pills and smoking in your darkened living room, a darkened hotel room or a seedy darkened bar doesn’t slow the process, either of aging or of the dead stop.


72 posted on 01/11/2014 8:28:26 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: LibFreeUSA

I had the TV on today and there happened to be an episode of the Partridge Family. I noticed Susan Dey had the most beautiful, bright, turquoise eyes. She was very, very thin, though.


73 posted on 01/11/2014 8:49:47 PM PST by Nea Wood
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To: Nea Wood
I noticed Susan Dey had the most beautiful, bright, turquoise eyes. She was very, very thin, though.

Yeah, but she had braces that could pick up radio signals.

74 posted on 01/11/2014 8:51:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SamAdams76
Seems he made a right turn down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams on a red light. The officer told him that was against the law and he just told the cop to Come on Get Happy. Not amused the police officer informed him that there Ain't No Sunshine after getting Knocked Three Times.

I'm here all week and don't forget to tip you waitress.

75 posted on 01/11/2014 8:53:07 PM PST by vg0va3
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To: yarddog

I was visiting a friend in California, in ‘94, and we saw Susan Dey at the Johnny Rockets burger store in some town. She was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt like everyone else and trying to blend in.


76 posted on 01/11/2014 8:56:57 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: logitech

sounds like the chairman of the board, circa 64 or so..


77 posted on 01/11/2014 9:08:21 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: rabidralph

Imagine Susan Dey saying this today, 20 years after seeing you: “I was visiting a friend in California, in ‘94, and we saw Rabid Ralph at the Johnny Rockets burger store in some town. He was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt like everyone else and trying to blend in.”

When you switch it around like that, you can imagine what it must be like to be a celebrity (even a low-watt celebrity), and how hard it must be to even think about going and getting a burger at Johnny Rockets. You would know that everyone will remember you, what you were wearing, how you looked, if your hair was uncombed and you weren’t wearing makeup... even 20 years down the road...

What a tremendous burden for celebrities and former celebrities to carry around every single day.

Not fair, but that’s what it’s like being famous—yes, it was a trade-off they made.

I guess I don’t really feel sorry for them, I just empathize with their massive burden... not much fun.


78 posted on 01/11/2014 9:20:56 PM PST by Husker8877
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To: golux

David Cassidy is a good man. He’s been through some issues and he’s gone through a lot, and he’s far from perfect. But he’s the sort of guy who you’d want to be your friend.


Yes, from what I know as well.

I am sorry he continued to drink and drive. I hope he gets help.


79 posted on 01/11/2014 9:21:43 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Bullish

“Well when you consider he IS Jack Cassidy’s son and the apple never falls too far from the tree.”

I see his mom died in 2012. (Evelyn Ward)


80 posted on 01/11/2014 9:25:54 PM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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