6 Most Tragic Stories of 1970s Child Stars
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- These were the people everyone wanted to be. Posters on every bedroom wall across the country. The decade was a great time to grow up. For most people. But for child stars - not so much. Long hours of work and the unbearable scrutiny of being in the limelight 24/7 robbed these kids of a normal childhood. And while some were able to cope with their fame, many others were not and led far from happy lives.
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In 2000 I went to Las Vegas to see David Cassidy for my 42nd birthday on April 6. During the song "I Think I Love You", he got off the stage and walked around the table's where the audience sat. I was on the isle where he would go bank on stage. He stopped at the table where I was and a lady at my table told David it was my birthday. I had brought the album cover with and Da I'd signed it and gave a kiss on the top of my head. I felt like I was 14 again and cried for a week.
Oh my goodness, that must have been an awesome moment! What a wonderful memory to have. Thank you for sharing it 😀
thats awesome!
Not a fan of Erin Moran. She did some horrible things to Scott Baio.
@@janetduncan87what was so horrible about the things that she did to him? I never heard anything about it, what happened?
Awe ❤
I am 63 years old and I remember all these people. I appreciate this because it takes me back to the good old days.
They truly were good days
Today, you have reality T.V., and Meet The Kardashians. What's not to like?😆😆😆
Television was nice and mostly innocent but movies were getting bad. It was the Dirty Harry and Exorcist days too. @@westfield90
@@stephendacey8761 hahaha
Same here, 65
Erin was terrific and the way things played out for her was sad. I am glad to learn that Anson Williams stayed in touch with her. I am also happy to learn her second marriage lasted, and that she passed away in her sleep holding hands with her husband. Thank you for bringing all this to us.
It’s been said Henry Winkler also stayed in touch with her.
@@jeannehall6546Which is surprising, considering she claimed that he had sexually harassed her a few times during the Happy Days years. She said it on some talk show in 1992
Poor Erin passed away from cancer and the jerk Scott Baio lied about her that she was an addict.
@@brigidspencer5123😮I remember that. I thought of all her beloved TV family, it was her Chachi that said that statement about her.
@@brigidspencer5123Scott Baio is a notorious a$$hat. Other actors have shared his toxic and obnoxious behavior.
I grew up with the Brady Bunch and Little House on the Prairie. I still like to go back and watch the shows. There is something comforting about them.
The comfort is the feeling or thoughts of wishing that things were like they were back then , children had morals, respect and parents were able to spank them without them calling 911 and so much more 😔❤ watching those shows takes us away from today's so screwed up reality , come to think about it it's somewhat depressing lol. Merry Christmas 😊❤🇺🇸
@@newdawn1968 Merry Christmas to you! ❄️☃️🎄
Were there any actors in both Brady Bunch and Little House?
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@@295g295 Not that I know of.
Erin was an excellent singer. Least she passed, comfortably at home holding the hand of her husband. Many are not that blessed. RIP, Erin.
For sure.
@@doncicci9608 The Heartbreaking Life/the unknown facts of hollywood singer or actor? - well, lets see:
inverted (being either FTM or MTF)
cloned and owned or why else they need handlers for?
Soulless yet rich and famous, because made the bargain with the devil
then comes the evil and sick masonry rituals, which is the only way to the riches and the fame of this world. The work not hard on their talent, they work hard on their rituals.
Deceiving the masses 24/7/365 keeping them in the sin of lust and idol worship.
Consuming Adrenochrome, to keep the looks of theirs young.
Yea, they do have hard, sad and tragic life.
Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
She lived about 20 miles from me when she passed away. People were shocked to find out when she moved to the area. Where she lived was not a nice area. So heartbreaking
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I knew David Cassidy very well and saw him not too very long before he went into the hospital. I have to say, he was one of the nicest gentlemen I've ever met. He was still touring when I knew him and he once told me that he was very lucky to be able to do every day what he loved. I was so sorry to hear of his death, I'd not seen him for a few months. We all lost a real gem.
I think his last show was at a casino I was working at in Iowa before he went in the hospital. Real down to earth guy and I was lucky to meet him.
I had no idea he lived in Ft.Lauderdale. Yes, he always was kind to his fans.
His personal life was difficult especially in his youth. (father had paranoid thoughts/pyromania)
Glad he came clean about his drinking problems at the end.
Name dropper
@@sandrawallace1739👈 jealous
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I had 100 Tiger Beat pictures of David Cassidy on my wall as a teen…. Even seeing pictures of him today as he was back in 74-75 he’s breathtaking
You had a crush on him. The alcohol destroyed his handsome features. Had you seen him live, he'd have looked like a drunk to you.
He was dealing with personal issues he wasn't handling well. Two divorces, not close to his kids, career failures, he was living in the past too much remembering when he was a big star and missing it. He thought it would be eAsy to come back, but three failed albums, a failed tv pilot and his alcoholism destroyed his hopes for cReer resurgence.
Not to mention the crap with his dad. It's obvious he idolized his dad but his dad wasn't very good to David. He was jealous of David's talents, career and etc. I think he always tried to get his dad's approval and it was never going to happen. That had to be difficult as well, loving a parent so much and not having it really returned. His dad was pretty awful to David's mom as well.
Girl friend, I did too. And 1 was was decorated with Leif Garrett and Donny osmond. My cousin got me a record player and have me a Donny osmond record. We had some gorgeous guys in those days. Dang, now I feel old. Maybe I can find some old tiger beast pictures to hand up and maybe I'll feel younger. Hahahaha
Same here lady!
People get very judgemental when a person struggles in life without considering trauma they most likeky endured.
Yes. David admitted his dad was an alcoholic and (at least verbally) abusive. He hated that David had become more famous than him. Imo, David tried too hard to always get his dad's love and attention. I think, in part, that's why he became an alcoholic. Also, the way in which his dad died was really horrific, something like that will stay with the loved ones.
@@abugsmom7623 So true and tragic what David Cassidy experienced. I was also sad over the shade thrown on Erin Moran post Happy Days. People came down hard on her not knowing the trauma she suffered. Anson was decent to defend her.
Yep. I don't really like Anson, but, I'm glad he stayed in Erin's life. Many years ago, hubby worked for the restaurant, Big Al's. He met both "Al" and Anson. He said All was a good guy,very friendly. However, Anson was a rude jerk that kept hitting on the young girls.
@@abugsmom7623 Thanks for sharing your experience. You met Al Molinari? He was also on The Odd Couple, played Murray the cop.
😊 I didn't get to meet Al,hubby did. He and Anson had Bern the owners of the Big Al restaurant/hamburger joint.
I met David Cassidy at a concert in 2001 in Kansas City at Harrahs he invited me up on stage in front of over Five Thousand people I had made a scrapbook for him when I was 16. When i went to buy my ticket I told the lady who sold it to me about my scrapbook. She told me to bring the scrapbook to the concert. She said she had a feeling something good was going to happen if I did. Which it did David could not see what i was holding up I was in the second row the lights were causing him to not see it. So he invited me on stage so he could seel what it was. One of the biggest highlights of my life I will never forget it!!! He was so kind and sweet to me He signed my scrapbook which I still have to this day! He gave me a big hug kissed me on the cheek told me he loved me told me God Bless You. I also was able to tell him some things back stage. I was devastated on the day David died!💔
These shows were so wonderful. Nothing today compares.
I loved growing up in the 70s. Every time I went outside there were always kids to play with. We played pretend. We used our imaginations. We dug in the dirt and climbed trees and ran like the wind. Everything tasted great! It was wonderful. It was bad in some ways too, but that's life I guess.
We survived the world's best years! It's never been good since.
@@pinup_charmer3348 Yea, I didn't like the 80s as a decade for teenage and early 20s so much. Some things got better (for women) some things did not. A lot of things got worse for the lower classes.
We were the last generation to really enjoy our childhood. Everyone got super scared when those boys started disappearing left and right in GA. Our parents started keeping us in and I think it ruined the innocence of being young and free to play with out being scared. To not be able to run around without fear ws incredible. Today's kids will never get to feel the wind blowing on their faces while riding bikes and visiting friends. Playing outside in the sun raised us strong. We had hopes and dreams for the future. Kids now days stay inside gain weight suffer from diabetes as well as other problems from to much weight. It's sad really. I let my kids play outside in the 90's and I got a lot of back lash for it. My kids were well versed in how to stay far and away from strangers. It worked because my daughter came running into the house screaming about a man asking her what color her iunderwaer was!!! I had to stop it right then and start taking them to the play ground on my days off. It destroyed their fun.
Staying outside until the streetlights came on, or until Dad flashed the porch lights on and off. Running around barefooted, swinging on rope swings over the bayou, hunting for snapping turtles or frogs or snakes. Hide and go seek and freeze tag. The 70s were so great.
@@shannonmcneely9034 There were just as many perverts in the 70s. Kids played in groups and, because I lived in Brooklyn NY, stayed close to home. I still felt free even though my neighborhood was not a good one. I had lots of fun in my area. A large park was nearby, and I went there with my older siblings and friends. I did get cat calls when I was a child, but I was loving life even with the danger.
Erin was a very special person I only knew her as a costumer and friend from a small town Indiana. She had a loving kind heart and would lend a hand if you needed it even when you did not know she was sick. I watched her for years not knowing that I would be blessed to have seen her as a a amazing lady she was. Her love and enjoyment of the outdoors camping and fishing was heartwarming. Thank you Erin Xxoo
Such a lovely tribute.
David W. Harper sounds like he handled fame the best. It's so sad how Erin Moran's life turned out. At least at the end of her life, she found peace. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Just a note. I didn't get involved with stardom but as a musician, going pro at 15, I was around many stars and the one that I was good friends with, Tommy Bolin, woke me up. I did some drugs and losing my friend, Tommy, I am glad I decided to just enjoy the good money and small limelight opting for the background job. Today, at 75, I went through the trials but get to enjoy playing music and enjoying it. The pressure of the stars is unbelievable and I don't think any story can portray the inner suffering.
I enjoyed the videos here and hope people will understand this. If you see a star in public, just smile and nod. That's the best way to go.
re: Erin Moran... Erin was a friend of mine and I took the picture you used of Erin holding the Happy Days Christmas ornament at an autograph show we attended together in Canada. The ornament was done by artist Cyndi Wade and was autographed by the cast (including Erin)- and then auctioned off for the charity A Minor Consideration. that was her last public appearance.
Did she have mental health issues, or was it drugs?
she had cancer. @@KassiusFineArt
Did "Nostalgic Nick" ask you for about using that pic?
no @@drfreud65
@@stevenwishnoff154esophageal cancer is often caused by heavy drinking or alcoholism. I’m sober many decades and also an RN. Ive seen a lot of people in 12 step with this cancer.
Ironically, Ron Howard’s brother and previous wife are friends of mine in the program. I was at Clint’s wedding when he married Melanie. Another childhood actor who has a long history with addiction. It’s very common here in Los Angeles. And tragic.
I was actually a little kid in the early 1970s watching them on TV, the good ol days
I watched the Brady Bunch today 😂 I'm 55 but a child on the inside. I had a huge crush on David Soul as Hutch on Starsky & Hutch. It's sad so many passed so young. And sadly many deaths were avoidable. Thank you😊
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Hello dear👋, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus❤??
I'm 59 and watched a bunch of episodes recently. I can totally relate. I STILL love The Brady Bunch 😊
I loved Starsky & Hutch.
@@stephendacey8761 I preferred the SCTV spoof "Husky and Starch"
David Soul isn't dead. He's been living quietly for years in my area. He knows that people will leave him alone, he's not paid to work 24/7. He's very friendly to the local community, and you can find him hanging out drinking and eating with all kinds of people.
I grew up with all these wonderful people in my living room. I loved them all. Thanks for bringing back these wonderful memories.
Least she passed, comfortably at home holding the hand of her husband. Many are not that blessed. RIP, Erin.
the child actor who came to my mind was Ron Howard. 1st he was Opie Taylor on Andy Griffith and later he was Richie Cunningham on Happy days. Then he decided to go into directing. He handled acting and directing real well better than most child and adult stars. He had no real drug or booze issues due to being in the spot light. I always thought he never got the credit he deserved.
Loved David Cassidy ❤❤
I also met David several times in the early 2000s he could not have been nicer.
I lived next to Allison Arngrim's inlaws in Portage County Ohio for about 3 years. She's such a wonderfully, brilliant and funny woman.
Allison was the complete opposite of Nellie in real life- one of the nicest people! Too, while Nellie and Laura were sworn enemies, Allison and Melissa Gilbert became best friends- and still are even today!
Steve Tracey, who played Nellie’s husband, and Allison were friends up until his death (he died of complications from AIDS). Allison knew that in real life, this actor was Gay, so they decided, “O.K., let’s really ham it up when we do the romantic scenes together,” and it worked so well they were left in the show!
And as for her work with Erin Murphy: a b**** and a witch! Gotta love it!
I saw her in some cable show recently. Dang, I cannot remember the name of it, it was about people who get out of jail early bec of Covid. Good Lord, she’s hysterical.
I adore Alison!!
I remember her showing up on VH1 I love the 70s and she seemed like such a nice lady. Happy that she's alive and well.
As an Elementary school kid I kinda had a crush on Nellie Olsen lol. I always like the bad girls!!
I'm glad Erin had turned her life around at the end and was with the person she loved and trusted the most. RIP, Erin. You were someone I had looked up to since I was a little girl with freckles seeing you on television made me think freckles could be beautiful too.
Someone left out who had a very tragic life is Dana Plato. I don't think life was ever the same for her after Diff'rent Stokes.
Anissa (Buffy Davis ) Jones from Family Affair died at 16 from a drug overdose & Tent (Butch) Lehman from Nanny and the Professor hung himself. You left them out of this podcast. Also Suzanne Crough from the Partridge Family too.
"Rest In Peace!" 🙏 "DANA PLATO" Your "TRUE FRIENDS" "MISS & "LOVE YOU!!" -A DEAR "FAN" ❤️ Della R. ❤
She was a very isolated person family wise too. That's hard no matter what.
i was going to mention buffy. L.A. coroner said it was the worst case drug od death he'd ever witnessed. tragic.@@williebowen1043
That whole cast is gone now I believe😥
I was lucky to be working at a casino in Iowa as the Banquet and VIP chef when David Cassidy did a show. It was one of the last if not the last show he did. Id taken food to his room the evening before his show. When i was getting plates for a party i was prepping for that evening he was doing a sound check. When he paused and heard me rattle plates in the storeroom he asked his assistant to see who was back there. When she told him it was the guy who cooked your food he had her bring me in and sang Every Rose Has a Thorn. Brett Michaels was also there and he had a dig about him when he finished lol. Most down to earth talent I met while working there. He won the underwear contest by a large margin over Brett Michaels having almost twice as many pairs thrown on the stage by fans according to the cleanup crew. 😂 Brett Micheals was rude, even to his band members, almost as bad as Miranda Lambert. She was the worst I encountered while working there but he was a close second. Ill always remember David Cassidy for not only watchng him on TV as a child but also for how well he treated me at the casino. It was really shocking when we heard he had passed a couple months later.
I had David &Shawn Cassidy shirts. All of their music always touched me. They were definitely Beautiful Men.
May you all rest in peace and thank you for the lovely memories you gave us with such a talent for each and every one of you and will never forget
Earlier this year we lost Adam Rich, Nicholas on Eight is Enough. too sad
God bless Anson Williams 🙏❤️🙏
Seems like a true friend ❤
What won't be said out loud is that The Studios wrung these kids dry like a sponge, grossly underpaid them, gave them the crappiest contracts, and cheated them out of the royalties they were due.
It's a theme here. So where are the agents protecting these kids? Bet they made more than the kid made per show. Child labor laws anyone? Everyone in Hollywood knows how these kids are used, abused and tossed to the side. No wonder their lives take a turn for worse in adulthood. How many of us could handle the work, the fame, and yet nothing to show for it later on?
A lot of times, it’s the parents that are either too trusting of their management or they simply don’t care as long as their kid is getting paid. There’s several child actresses I can think of that grew up healthy and still have strong careers today. Chloë Grace Moretz has had her brother as her acting coach since she started acting very young, he’s basically been her guardian on sets and she’s spoken of incidents where he stood up for her when she was put in uncomfortable positions when she started to get older and studios wanted her to look more “adult”. Dakota and Elle Fanning, Emma Watson, and even Hilary Duff had parents who were all supportive of their careers but weren’t stage parents who forced them into anything. People like Lindsey Lohan, Macauley Culkin, Brooke Shields, Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore, and many others were destroyed by their own parents who pushed and pushed them into the spotlight and didn’t advocate for their kids at all as long as they brought home a paycheck. Some of these people have managed to turn their lives around and are doing a lot better now but their relationships with their parents are broken because _they_ were ultimately responsible for their children’s welfare and failed them.
I can't remember which girl it was, Demi Lavato maybe, that had gotten into drugs and such. When her mom was asked why she didn't discipline her or tell her no,her mom said something to the affect, "How was I suppose to have stopped her, she was bringing in the income?" That tells a lot there. Instead of worrying about het daughter and taking the chance to upset her or for her to possibly quit working, she just cared about the money.
Don't forget How They Sex Trafficded Sex Traded Them!
Jim Bob on the Walton's also played in the 1981 CBS tv mini series THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, filmed in Bentonville, Cave Springs, and all over North West Arkansas.
I saw him in an episode of My Three Sons. Also Erin Moran.
David Cassidy was a dream *sigh*.
Yeah, he surely was 😢
I watched every episode of the Partridge family. David was a good actor, and singer.
Nightmare
@@chick-fil-agal2264 Wha?
Yep. My 29 year old daughter is researching The Partrige Family for the second time. She definitely has a crush on Keith. It's so strange that these people are getting crushes from children, grandchild, and great grandchildren of the parents that originally had crushes on them. It's so strange that we can watch those repeats and feel exactly as we did as children.
I remember Erin on an episode of Howard Sterns tv show, on E in the 90s. She was out of her mind. Her eyes were so enormous and glassy and her speech and twitching were so obvious, even my naive friend saw she was lit up.
Howard loved to promote others that were messed up on substances; by promote I mean pretend to be friendly and then put them in positions that made them look foolish.
Stern is an ass. I never liked him.
Yes he did.
Howard Stern would also pay callers to harass his guests on the air.
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Yes.
Now HS is self proclaimed “woke” and proud. He is truly disgusting.
I admired him at one point because he bashed all with equal abandon and never apologized.
Now he is truly opposite of all he proclaimed to be for the 30+ years I actually listened to him.
He is now a completely, utterly brainless follower.
He interviewed Dana Plato right before her death. Made a fool out of her
I had NO IDEA of all that went into the making of this fabulous song! One of my FAVORITES! Released right as I was graduating from high school! ♥️
Erin Moran is such a tragic heartbreaking story.
David Cassidy was my first concert. I was ten, and my cousin Molly Ann and I had to be chaperoned by my mother. Mother encouraged us to scream so we wouldn’t be able to annoy her with our gushing after the concert.
I know mom had the most terrible headache afterwards and bored too death😅
Mother loved it, that we couldn’t talk afterwards. So did aunt Molly
My favorite childhood star was absolutely Melissa Gilbert ,Alison Ingram and Katherine MacGregor. They are fantastic! I remember my grandma visiting our home in 1975 when she was 81 years old flew from New Jersey to Palm Beach County .Grandma was a Christian woman and told me that Little house on the prarie was the only decent program on television that she approved of. I'm 58 years old now and I agree with grandma 100%. This series have touched my life for years and I still watch the reruns over and over again. God bless all of these wonderful actors and actresses who had a part in this show! ❤ 🤗
I am old enough to have watched the series originally aired, but was young enough to love to hate Nellie and Ms. Olson, at least to start. I was savvy enough to soon understand they were just playing roles, and shortly thereafter to realize that no one else could have played those parts. They were genius at it.
Landon, for whatever drive and some personal flaws likely related to that drive, did produce quality family television, and he has to be appreciated for it. As such a huge screen presence, I don't think anyone else could have played his own role as well, either.
The whole cast was great, though. Probably couldn't have traded any of them, really, now that I think about it. Back in those days, typecasting was such a thing and it hit some actresses and actors pretty hard, so they really deserve residuals from iconic shows that they helped make iconic.
The Waltons was also a great show as well.
@@texasgirl6000 Absolutely! 🙂
@@andiamador7156 I agree 👍
Agree!! My kids have watched the entire series 3 or 4 times and I'm astonished at what a lovely show it is. They don't make TV shows like that anymore.
I have realized that people like Allison, Larry Linneville as Frank Burns, are exceptional actors.
This was an educational…and emotional video… I remember all of these actors, but didn’t know much about their off camera lives… Kinda, still wish I didn’t…💔
David Cassidy was a young adult. When he starred in the Partridge Family.
It is sad that David and his biological daughter Katie were not able to have a better relationship. He and his own daughter missed out on many of each others lives. RIP DAVID.♥
He left whatever money he had to his son from his second marriage. I guess he figured Katie used his name, and the fact that he was basically her sperm donor, to get her foot in the door. She had plenty of money because of that.
Life is full of twist and turns, and you never know what to expect. I remember all of these individuals, and wish things had ended better for them. That's life though..
Your first sentence -- didn't Forrest Gump say that? 😄
So sad about David Cassidy. 😢
I was very devastated by Davy Jones death
It was nice that David and Shaun were very close to each other, especially in adulthood.
Jack, their father, was horribly jealous of both of them- especially David. Jack was very well-known as an actor and singer in his own right- but he didn’t quite achieve the same level of fame David did and the 2 grew apart as a result. Worse, Jack had Bi-Polar Disorder (called Manic Depression in the 1970s) and this caused a number of serious problems. He and Shirley got divorced and he was killed in a fire in his apartment in 1976. He was 49 years old.
In 2012, she were in Branson, Mo. for a little vacation. That was the year they had triple tornadoes and while were driving around trying to find something to do, we heard about his death. Hubby & I had loved the Monkees as kids, we were both sad.
Sad that Cassidy had his inner demons. RIP. At least he was nice to most of his fans when they interacted.
RIP to Davy Jones too, I was a Monkees fan. It's hard to realize only Micky is left by now. He was also a child star before the Monkees. He was Corky from Circus Boy!
I think that it's great for Alison helping others. She seems like a real genuine person. I would love to meet her and read her book.
Alison Arngrim's book, Prairie Bitch is quite an eye-opener. She's a true survivor.
I remember she said she had terrible migraines while growing up ..how she worked thru those I’ll never understand
i want to read that bookand i heard her wig was so tight @@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 when she was a child??
No, she's a sad and lost person that needs Jesus!
Lol ,really, she really wrote a book called that?
@@ShawnPack-k6jVerily.
She’s only playing a part you shouldn’t hate her you don’t know what she’s like in real life just because somebody plays mean and nasty and TV doesn’t mean like there are like that in real life so the person who put her down when she was 16 shame on them she’s only playing a part this is not real life.❤
I wouldn't say Eve Plumb's story is tragic. She adapted to a normal, fulfilling adult life. She was always my favourite Brady and it annoyed me too how they tried to keep the actors looking and acting younger than their age - especially Cindy. I was actually the same age as her and stopped wearing pigtails in grade one.
I worked w/ David’s brother, Ryan. Very nice man.
OUT OF ALL THESE ACTORS, I MUST SAY. NELLIE OLSEN,WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY SHE ACTED MADE HER PART SO GREAt!!! I truly would Love Meeting her 💕
She's such a sweetheart. She has a FB page and interacts with fans all the time!
Morgan Freeman's voice was main stream to late Boomer/early Gen X kids via PBS's Electric Company show.
It’s hard to hear that David Cassidy passed away. I’m still shocked.
I know. It still hurts.
I was lucky to meet him just a couple months before he passed. I put a post up about that. He was a good person and I was fortunate to have a moment interacting with one of the TV personalities I'd watched as a child.
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In the 70s i had a friend who was a big David Cassidy fan she had his records and posters she loved him but I was an Elvis Presley fan ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It was David Cassidy and family and Shirley Jones history. For me a real mother figure thanks Shirley❤
What a wonderful world that was. Thank you
I always found it so strange that a lot of child stars careers dried up once they grew up. It's clear these kids were extremely talented, why would that suddenly not be enough once they were grown? It makes no sense. If anything the longer they worked and the older they got, the more experienced they became. It's sad that this happened to so many of them. I can imagine a lot of them as adult actors and doing some amazing roles.
Many are type-cast into childhood roles. The public sometimes has a hard time seeing them in grown up roles, once they get older. Some can transition, but most do not.
I love little house on the prairie, always a moral to the story. The series wouldn’t be the same without Nellie Oleson. Her and Harriet Oleson made great antagonists and brought good balance to the show…
Plz dnt forget to include the late great US actor of the 70s Lance Kerwin! He was huge then and starred in LOTS of tv movies and shows!
I had a huge crush on David Cassidy. All of the shows you mentioned I loved growing up.
You still think Hollywood doesn’t abuse children?
Hollyweird abused everyone
Erin's throat cancer must have been very advanced. I survived stage 2 throat cancer, it was rough. This is so sad I didn't know she passed.
Congrats on beating cancer God bless you 🙏 RIP Erin ❤
I am 69 years old and Jack Wild was my favorite back in the 70s 🥰😍🤩❤💯💢💥💫👍
H.R. Puffnstuff made me crush on him as a kid.
Yep, I had the bigfest.crush on him. So sad that he went through all he did,he looked very little like himself towards the end of his life.
Gary Coleman who was a1970s Child Star, defiantly had a tragic story.
Did you mean "definitely?"
ripped off by his own parents, that's got to be the worst
What you talkin' bout Willis. But let's not forget Todd Bridges.
Definitely 😅
He was a star of the '80's
Good grief!!! Bonaduce was a CHILD during the Partridge Family. He had parents. He didn't live in his car until many years later.
David Cassidy, sadly inherited his father’s alcoholism and poor parenting genes.
I saw and talked to him very often when he moved to my central London neighbourhood, there he was able to live a relaxed, hassle free existence for a few years.
He has Risen in glory and resting in peace. 💕
Rest In Peace David Cassidy. My mother Lesley was one of your ardent fans, so it broke my heart having to tell her that awful news
I was in love with David Cassidy. I had a radio under my oillow and they'd play I think I l Love You first thing in the morning. In my mind he was singing it to me and me only
I loved Erin, I've seen her in film as a little kid clear up to her adult years, one of the first films I saw her in was the movie watermelon man, we were the same age and I even had a dress exactly like one she was wearing in that film.
If you hit the sauce every day at 1 pm you are courting disaster 😢
Really enjoyed this highly informative documentary. Along with constant great film footage learned a lot about the often tragic lives of these child stars from the excellent narration, both the content & speaking style. Especially insightful were the revealing quotes from the various stars.
That was the good ole days. I grew up with all of them and now I watch all of them pass. God bless
Thank you! I’ve enjoyed these stories and remember them. They brought so much joy to myself and many others. I’ve subscribed ❤
I will always adore David Cassidy. I never watched these other shows, but I loved the Partridge Family, almost entirely because of David. Now, their music wasn't my cup of tea: I had older cousins with super cool tastes in music, so I was listening to Steppenwolf, Grand Funk RR, Credence, Led Zep, Alice Cooper, etc., even though I was only in fifth and sixth grade. Still, I loved some of David's solo work, I Think I Love You especially. He had a really beautiful voice. I still pull up those songs on RUclips now and then and listen to him. His life was sad, and the saddest thing is, as he said himself, the waste. Tragic. I feel very sad for his beautiful biological daughter. I hope she had lots of love to make up for the lack of her biological father's love in her life. David was lucky in his stepmother, I remember him saying in some article that Shirley, unlike his dad, acted like more of a real parent to him. Anyway, rest in power, David Cassidy. You had a sweetness about you, to go with that remarkably cute face.
I never knew Jack Wild died. How sad. Loved him as part of my childhood.
Just a small correction on Jack Wild segment. Pete Townshend is not pronounced with the h in his last name. It's pronounced Townsend, the "h" is silent.
I loved The Waltons, and I was in love with John Boy Walton lol I thought he was so dishy. I am now 61 years old, and I have a box set of The Waltons, I sit and watch them every now and again, thinking how different life was back then, just like it was for the Walton family. Happy memories of a childhood that seemed like only yesterday.
I liked them ok as a kid,not so much now. But, John Boy and Laura Ingalls Wilder made me want to be a writer. Hasn't happen though.
I fondly remember watching Robert Urich in my younger days…
Knowing all the struggles he went through, he must be so happy where he is right now, in his true home, in heaven!
I know it was the 80s and not the 70s, but easily the most tragic child star was Judith Barsi. An insanely talented little girl who had her career and her precious little life snuffed out by the one man who should have dedicated his life to protecting her, her daddy. Barsi, who was best known as the voice of Ducky in "The Land before Time" and Anne-Marie in "All Dogs go to Heaven", was shot by her abusive, alcoholic father in her sleep, at the tender age of ten along with her mother, before the coward took his own life.
When Daughter was little, I spent a full day recording all of those movies, Ducky was her favorite. When we heard how she died, daughter was crushed.
Eeeewwww 😢
When I was 13 I was a big David Cassidy fan. Had a poster of him. My brother used the expression of his music as bubblegum music. I loved watching The Partridge Family.
I met Jack Wild as a child some time after he was in Oliver Twist, his manager stopped at my parents pub in Cheshire for a drink and lunch. He was totally unpretentious, my eldest son is an actor, and thankfully the same
It’s mind blowing how people will attack actors over the characters they play. Some people really shouldn’t have access to tvs if they can’t separate reality from fiction.
My childhood idle was the one and only "Farrah Fawcett". I was crazy about her! I had to have all of her posters and the Charlie Angel cards, I was just obsessed with her. I wanted to look like her, had to have my hair like hers, it was crazy! My parents couldn't take it anymore! I even had the Farrah head. When she died, I went crazy crying! I mean my parents couldn't control me, it was bad! But to this day I have everything! I had bought 5copies of the poster of her in the bathing suit, and I sold 1for 5,000 and 1 for 2,000. I truly miss her and was a very big fan of hers! Rip Farrah, love your #1 fan Marilyn
I preferred Jackie Smith, but Farrah was cool. She only lasted one season. People forget.
The poster that boys desired for two obvious reasons . . .
Did you ever see the intervieuw : ‘Farrah Fawsett drugged …..’ on TV.???
People laughed till they almost died. (It’s on the internet)😅
I had her hairstyle too...I was in 7th grade
@@williesnyder2899 i get ya BUT it {they} were her weakest points ,not a real lot of em
I saw David Cassidy in life in Vegas in 1999.. he did a show it was absolutely amazing..I will Never Forget it🎉❤🎉
I'd like to see something about Manuel Padilla, who played "Boy" on Tarzan and almost had his own spinoff from Gunsmoke. He was also in Scarface...
He played Jai not Boy
@10:20 the Christmas ornament that Erin Moran is holding was painted by a friend of mine. We were all saddened by Erin's passing.
If we reincarnate into new lifetimes after we die, then I absolutely do not want to begin my next lifetime as a child star!
U have no worries your not talented enough
I NEVER wanted to stick up posters of actors, singers, or dancers on my wall.
Eve Plumb played the mother in "Fudge" (1995-7), a show based on Judy Bloom's books.
David Cassidy was one of my faves, Eve Plumb sto9d out because even though she was amiddle child she seemedmore like an only child...left out, feeling alone.
Eve plumb was my fav Brady, she was portrayed as the middle child and a loner I too was a lonely child, only child syndrome is not fun and I wish at 56 yrs old that I had had siblings. Always wanted siblings. But my mom n dad were not blessed with children and I was adopted by them and they never wanted any more. I guess maybe they didn't think they could handle any more than me. Idk. But I'd have loved having other children besides me. I identified with Jan Brady.
R.I.P JIM BOB R.I P Erin These were all great shows when I was a kid love em
David Harper isn't dead.
I remember watching HR Puff n Stuff. When I was a kid, time keeps ticking along.
I'd love to see Kristy McNichol in an episode.
What a nostalgic watch, especially the Waltons & the Bradys 💜 I'm doing a jigsaw whilst watching & just heard that David Harper (Jim-Bob) likes jigsaws 😊
Ok Erin Moran’s eye bulge was almost certainly thyroid disease/Graves Disease
Agreed! 😅
Eve also was on the show as Fudges mom. I loved that show
I read the whole series ... I was very young and it was the first series I ever read ... Then they started the show ... I loved the books and then series
How sad about Erin Moran. I never knew she even died, let alone she had cancer. Just a sad story 12:02
Erin Moran was so pretty!
This is all over the place - very difficult to know just who is being spoken about, as well as a lot of un-necessary verbal about unconnected people and events.
That's what I thought too
Wow, I never put it together that Katie Cassidy was David's daughter. I absolutely loved her as Ruby in the Supernatural series.
I don’t think he had much to do with raising her. She had his name and I assume he paid her mom child support. Her relationship with her dad seemed to start when she was 16 and was trying to be a pop star, but she sucked and couldn’t sing. She tried acting next and has done well for herself. David didn’t leave her any money when he died, he left it all to his son he had from a marriage. I guess he figured she used his name to get her foot in the door and made good money. He was never married to Katie’s mom. I think she was the result of a one night stand or a brief affair. Their relationship was always strained according to Katie.
Never knew that❤
So well done! This was my first viewing your channel. Now I can't wait to view more🥰