In Memoriam 2025

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Another painful anniversary this week, and it's scary to think how the world has changed since 2017. Everything. 

New world leaders, new technology, new problems, new conflicts and even new words. We have changed too. And our lives. We fell for David Cassidy 55 years ago and of course each year we lose someone who knew or worked with him.

Sure we like remembering good things, and David still brings us smile and happiness, but I feel that I should write about some people important for us, David Cassidy's fans, who have passed away this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYpNhu9GmUM

What a wonderful song in outstanding, poignant David's interpretation. And I just love this video.

In 2025 two our DC's sisters, two our FB friends and fellow fans, have died. In January Kim Morgan. She was not my close friend but in the past years she often commented my blogs and we 'talked' about David  Cassidy quite often. I didn't realized that she disappeared, didn't noticed her absence from social media. I wished her Happy Birthday in November 2024, and was in shock when Jacque, another friend, wrote in February about Kim's passing.

And on September 14, another fan passed away, another David's sister, Bernie Noble. She is so missed, she was an active member of our fans community for years.

Rest In Peace Kim and Bernie.

Bobby Hart (Feb 18, 1939 - Sep 10, 2025. With Thomas Boyce were an American duo of singer-songwriters. They had 3 Top 40 hits as artists in the 60s, and they wrote great hits for many known singers, first of all for the Monkees. Bobby Hart co-wrote many songs for The Partridge Family. 'Sunshine'. 'Looking For a Good Time', 'Money, Money', 'Girl, You Make My Day', 'I Wouldn't Put Nothin' Over On You'. 'Now That You've Got Me Where You Want Me'.  With Jack Keller, this one. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSExKeJlc3Q

Ralph Senensky (May 1, 1923 - November 1, 2025. He worked as stage director before starting working for TV. He directed multiple episodes for many the most famous TV shows, among them the original series of Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Ironside, The Waltons, and The Partridge Family. 7 episodes. 'When Mother Gets Married', 'To Play Or Not To Play', 'Partridge Up a Pear Tree', 'Dora! Dora! Dora!', 'The Undergraduate', 'The Forty-Year Itch', 'Guess Who's Coming To Drive?'

'Umbrella Man' from the episode directed by this truly legendary TV gigant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRiNosrjl_k

Louise Poynton interviewed  Ralph Senensky for her podcast, in 2020, when he was 97 years old...

https://thedavidcassidyconnections.libsyn.com/in-conversation-with-the-partridge-family-director-ralph-senensky


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