american pop culture in those years, often gracing the cover of teen magazines, sometimes all of them. tonight, the news that he has died of an organ failure at 67. cnn s stephanie elam looks back at david cassidy s incredible career. it s one of those nights reporter: david cassidy was the ultimate teenage idol. known for his role as keith in the 1970s hit tv series the partridge family, his fresh face, wide-eyed charm captured the hearts of millions of girls worldwide. you re taking auto shop? me, too. reporter: the partridge family, about a family in a rock n roll band, gave cassidy a national audience for his own music. i think i love you, the show s first single, topped the bill board 100 in 1970 and sold over 5 million copies. i was always a musician, it
five million copies. top the billboards. i always pursued my career as a musician. it was just fate the way the star as lined them selves. his wispy voice and wholesome persona broke out around the globe with more members than elvis and the beatles but in 1972 at the heart of cassidy s fame appeared naked on the cover of rolling stone magazine and admitted to using drugs and alcohol and it was a turning point in his career and in his life. four years later his teenage fan base moved on. so had cassidy. the hero worship was so great i had to leave it. i couldn t sustain it any longer. superstardom hin of long
concert in madison square garden. cassidy leaped on to the stage in his signature white jumpsuit, thousands of adoring fans screamed his name, his own family among them. it was so emotional for me. i just felt so blessed to have that moment with them. i mean, it s it s highlight of my life. the ing new iphone 8 is at at&t. and we know you ll love it. because we know you want more. more great camera features and more power. and more than just unlimited data, we give you unlimited plans with hbo included for life. because you deserve more entertainment. and more spokespeople. talking like this, saying the word more. at&t. it s time for more. am i too close? i feel like i m too close. get the iphone 8 and with all at&t unlimited plans, get hbo for life. only from at&t.
i m going to do you a favor because it s thanksgiving day. you know what happened, simone? an election, and a man who won for president by saying i m going to change how we do immigration. this is something he can actually do to show how he can act on that promise. if it s the right thing to do, we ll see. and the hands it falls into is congress. just like daca, they have to figure out if they re going to do something to help these people. again, there is more pressure on them. jason, symone, thank you to both of you. thank you for your ideas on the show tonight. we re going to take a break. when we come back, the breaking news of the saddest kind. david cassidy is gone at the age of just 67. what a life, what an influence. we have the story of what he meant to so many next. i just got my cashback match, is this for real? yep. we match all the cash back new cardmembers earn at the end of their first year, automatically. whoo! i got my money! hard to contain yourself, isn t it? uh huh
it s so hard for them to come forward. that s why they don t come forward. they don t want to get picked apart by people. last word. we ve got to go. the legal principle is always too sides. both sides deserve to be heard. we re not in the business of kangaroo courts. it s up to the voters of alabama to decide whether they think roy moore is more credible than his accusers and decide doug jones is too liberal for the state. and it s a tragedy people are weighing these things in their mind. perhaps it does hurt the broader issue. that s the situation we re in, and that s what the voters of alabama are going to have to wrestle with. joe pollack, i appreciate you being on the show. thank you for taking the opportunity. good to be with you. good thanksgiving to you and your family. all right, we have to change gears here. we have sad news for you tonight. the death of 70s teen idle david cassidy. the singer died today after he was hospitalized last week in florida. he was dealin