In a heart-rending admission captured in a documentary filmed in the final months before his death from organ failure at 67, former pop star and teen heartthrob David Cassidy of the hit 1970s TV show “The Partridge Family” admitted that he had been lying to the public about suffering from dementia. All of his serious mental and physical issues, he told the filmmakers, were connected to his ongoing struggle with alcoholism.
The tragic admission was first revealed on Wednesday when an excerpt of the new documentary, “David Cassidy: The Last Session,” was released. The film, set to air on A&E on June 11, chronicles what turned out to be Cassidy’s final attempt to make a professional comeback, but it also focused on his supposed bouts with dementia, about which he admitted in a phone call that he had lied.
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