Cassidy admitted he continued drinking
Fans flushed with worry when David Cassidy — the beloved singer from The Partridge Family whose song “I Think I Love You” became an anthem for young romantics everywhere — nearly fell off the stage during a disastrous concert in Agoura Hills, Calif., in February 2017.
That was only part of the problem. He also couldn’t remember the lyrics to many of his older songs and, as captured in a video obtained by TMZ, he slurred his words throughout the show. Many fans reached the same sorrowful conclusion: It appeared Cassidy had fallen off the wagon.
David Cassidy’s struggle with alcoholism seemed to peak in the early 2010s. Cassidy died of liver failure at the age of 67 in November 2017.
Fans of the singer quietly mourned him. How tragic it seemed that he finally overcame a lifelong struggle with alcohol, only to have his final days tormented by dementia.
As it turns out, however, he hadn’t overcome his struggle with alcohol — not at all.
And his dementia wasn’t related to a disease like Alzheimer’s, nor was it permanent.
Instead, it was a temporary condition brought on by his alcoholism, a different devastating disease.
In an upcoming documentary from A&E called David Cassidy: The Last Session, Cassidy admitted that he was still drinking.