To a generation who grew up in the '70s, David Cassidy seemed larger than life — a star on the popular TV series "The Partridge Family" and a regular on covers of teen magazines. But to writer-producer Shaun Cassidy, his older half-brother loomed even larger. A day after David died of organ failure in a Florida hospital, Shaun on Wednesday used his gift with words to put the family's loss in context. When I was a little boy and my big brother would come to visit, the first call of business would be a punishing pillow fight. During the battle, he would regale me with hysterical stories of our father, often culminating in his taking a giant leap off my top bunk I tried to catch him of course.

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Shaun Paul Cassidy born September 27, is an American singer, actor, writer and producer. Cassidy starred in the television series The Hardy Boys Mysteries — , Breaking Away — and a stint on the daytime soap General Hospital In the s and 90s, Cassidy worked almost exclusively as an actor in the theater, performing on Broadway and in the West End of London. Since the mids, Cassidy has been a writer and producer in television, creating and producing a number of television series, including American Gothic , Roar and Invasion. His older half-brother was David Cassidy.

By admin June 13, If you were reading Tiger Beat Magazine back in the late s, you probably remember someone named Shaun Cassidy. Unfortunately, that endeavor wound up being something of a career killer. From there, Cassidy turns up in the bathroom of his hotel suite, wearing only a towel while attempting to shave.