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\nIf you know anything about the 1970s, you\u2019ll know that David Cassidy and Susan Dey were two of the most famous people in existence during this era. They took the world by storm as brother and sister in The Partridge Family, but their relationship was much closer than just brother and sister…
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\nThe 1970s saw a resurgence of the sitcom, and David Cassidy and Susan Dey got the chance to work together on one of the most popular sitcoms of the decade.
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\nHowever, what most people don\u2019t realize is the fact that these two young actors spent a huge amount of time together. While they were first brother and sister for the sake of the screen, their relationship took a turn as they got older. Before we knew it, their superiors were having to step in.
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\n[post_page_title]The leading lady[\/post_page_title]
\nSusan Dey was just 18 years old when she was offered the chance to take on the role of Laurie Partridge in the musical sitcom, and this role thrust her into the limelight.
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\nHer impressive singing and acting talent took the world by storm, and it seemed as though people couldn\u2019t get enough of her. Before too long, everyone knew her name, and everyone knew that there was something more going on between her and her on-screen brother. However, they just couldn\u2019t put their fingers on it.
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\n[post_page_title]A teen idol[\/post_page_title]
\nSo, who’s on the other side of these rumors? David Cassidy was just two years older than Susan Dey when he appeared on the show alongside her, and his role as Keith Partridge allowed him the chance to become a teen idol.
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\nFans across the world fell in love with his singing voice, and his iconic hairstyle made people swoon at the sight of it. He was soon able to embark on his own solo career, and more and more people fell in love with him. This included his on-screen sister, Susan Dey.
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\n[post_page_title]Not the only ones[\/post_page_title]
\nOf course, Susan and David weren\u2019t the only actors working on the set of The Partridge Family. This amazing musical sitcom featured the likes of Shirley Jones, Danny Bonaduce, Suzanne Crough, and Brian Forster, and its four-year run proved to be incredibly popular.
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\nThat\u2019s because this show followed a family as they went about their daily lives in the limelight, and featured siblings of all ages. Because Susan and David were the eldest and the closest in age, they seemed to get on like a house on fire.
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\n[post_page_title]Blossoming together[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile they were cast in these leading roles towards the end of their teenage years, that didn\u2019t stop them from becoming teenage heartthrobs. The show allowed them to blossom together in front of the camera, and they were able to spend a huge amount of time together.
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\nIn fact, the two young actors spent most days together for a whopping four years, and it seems as though this time allowed them to get closer and closer, despite the fact that they were playing brother and sister on the show.
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\n[post_page_title]Taking over[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough there was no doubt about the fact that fans of The Partridge Family seemed to fall in love with the innocence and the talent of Susan Dey, it was David Cassidy who really took over.
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\nFans across the globe stuck his posters up on their walls, they waited outside the studio to catch a glimpse of him, and they memorized his songs. Because of this, it was no surprise when Susan Dey began to develop feelings for her co-star. She was just one of many across the world.
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\n[post_page_title]Getting close[\/post_page_title]
\nIt seemed as though everyone wanted the chance to date David Cassidy, and more and more fans tried their hardest to meet the heartthrob in person. Yet, Susan Dey had an opportunity that none of these fans could take advantage of.
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\nDue to the fact that she worked extremely closely with her on-screen brother, Susan could spend their downtime trying to win him over and learning more about him. All she wanted was to be his girlfriend, but it seemed as though David had other ideas.
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\n[post_page_title]Enjoying the attention[\/post_page_title]
\nDavid Cassidy was no stranger to the fact that he had girls swooning over him wherever he went, and he seemed to enjoy the attention he was getting. He relished in the fact that girls screamed his name, and they couldn\u2019t get enough of his luscious locks and his cheeky personality, and he embraced this.
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\nHis appearance and his talent seemed to resonate with fans, and this made David happier than anything. He loved being famous, and he loved all of the attention he was getting at such a young age.
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\n[post_page_title]Settling down[\/post_page_title]
\nDespite the fact that he had oodles of women begging him to take them, David had taste for women who were already in the limelight. While working on the show, David found himself in the arms of famous actresses such as Meredith Baxter, Robyn Millan, Fredericka Meyers, and Gina Lollobrigida.
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\nWhile these relationships were normally short-lived, this only spurred on Susan\u2019s advances. She hoped to be the next woman on David\u2019s list, and she hoped that their relationship would be the one to stick.
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\n[post_page_title]Aware of the situation[\/post_page_title]
\nBecause Susan didn\u2019t make any effort to hide her feelings about her on-screen brother, many of the people who worked on the show with them were also aware of the situation. In fact, David Cassidy\u2019s real-life stepmother, Shirley Jones, played their mother on the show, and she knew exactly what was going on.
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\nShe could see that Susan was besotted with her stepson, and she knew that she had to do something about it. After all, she also knew what her stepson was thinking, and Susan wasn\u2019t going to like it…
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\n[post_page_title]Speaking to Susan[\/post_page_title]
\nShirley Jones couldn\u2019t just sit back and watch her stepson mess a young girl around, so she decided to speak to Susan about her infatuation. She told the young actress that David didn\u2019t like her in the way that she was hoping, and that he instead thought of her as his \u201csister he never had.\u201d
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\nSusan often thought that Shirley was getting involved in something that didn\u2019t concern her, but she couldn\u2019t help but listen to what she had to say – no matter how much it hurt to hear it.
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\n[post_page_title]Getting hurt[\/post_page_title]
\nMore than anything, Shirley didn\u2019t want Susan to get hurt. She knew that she had to be brutal when it came to telling Dey the truth, but she knew that this would hurt less than if the truth came from David himself.
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\nShirley hoped that her words would put Susan off her advances, and while the young actress did hear what her on-screen mother was saying, she didn\u2019t believe it. Susan continued her attempts, and she hoped that one day they would pay off, and she would be able to call David Cassidy her boyfriend.
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\n[post_page_title]Too innocent[\/post_page_title]
\nIn his memoir that was released in 2007, David Cassidy spoke candidly for the first time about his relationship with Susan Dey. He wrote that he was aware of the fact that his on-screen sister liked him in a way that wasn\u2019t sisterly, but that she was just too innocent for him.
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\nWhile on the show, David found himself being drawn to women who would become short-lived conquests interested in a more physical relationship. In his eyes, Dey was too good for that, and more like his sister than someone he would want to bed.
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\n[post_page_title]Not hiding it[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring this time, Dey was aware of what was happening right under her nose. She knew that the man she loved more than anyone was having intimate and passionate trysts with fans and other women, and she couldn\u2019t bear to see it.
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\nHowever, what made it worse was the fact that David didn\u2019t try to hide it. He made no secret of the fact that he was enjoying these love affairs, and he didn\u2019t seem to pay any attention to the fact that it was breaking Dey\u2019s heart.
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\n[post_page_title]Having to be insensitive[\/post_page_title]
\nOf course, David knew that his actions were hurting his co-star, and he knew just how she felt about the fact that he was romancing many women in plain view. However, he didn\u2019t want to stop living his life for the sake of a woman he had shown no romantic interest in.
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\nHe eventually decided that he had to be insensitive to her feelings, otherwise she wouldn\u2019t know that their potential relationship would never happen. He needed her to get the message, and it seemed like the only way to do so.
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\n[post_page_title]Fawning after Dey[\/post_page_title]
\nDavid knew that there were thousands of men across the world who were interested in the young actress, so he had no doubts about the fact that she wouldn\u2019t stay alone forever.
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\nHowever, he just wasn\u2019t attracted to her in that way, so he didn\u2019t want to give her any false hope that they would be an item at some point in their lives. Despite the fact that they were never an official couple, that doesn\u2019t mean that they never got intimate. In fact, their passionate tryst has become common knowledge over the years.
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\n[post_page_title]Instant regret[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter the show came to an end in 1974, David and Susan found their way back to each other for a night of passion. However, this was just a one-time thing, as Cassidy instantly regretted his decision.
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\nHe knew that their encounter was nothing more than a physical tryst, and he knew that he couldn\u2019t give Dey any more than that. He didn\u2019t want to break her heart even more, so put an instant stop to their late-night meetups. It just wasn\u2019t fair on Susan, and he knew it.
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\n[post_page_title]Out of her system[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile their physical encounter wasn\u2019t the romantic relationship that Susan had dreamed of since she first started working with David Cassidy, it was a night of passion that she would never forget.
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\nIt seemed to get her love for the young man out of her system, and it\u2019s believed that this night allowed her to move on from the teen heartthrob and focus on other aspects of her personal life. After all, she had men across the world fawning over her on a regular basis.
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\n[post_page_title]Becoming friends[\/post_page_title]
\nDespite the fact that things didn\u2019t work out on a romantic level between the two actors, that didn\u2019t stop them from becoming good friends after their physical encounter.
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\nThe two of them had worked together for so long, and they had grown up in the limelight together, and this connected them on a deeper level. It was hard for them to stay away from each other, and they became extremely good friends for many years – until they never spoke to each other again.
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\n[post_page_title]Getting married[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring the time when they were still friends, David made sure to let Dey know that there was no chance of them ever becoming a couple. In fact, he continued on with his own life and soon tied the knot for the first time.
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\nOver the course of his life, David got married three times. He was married to Kay Lenz from 1977 until 1983. His second wife of four years came in the form of Meryl Tanz, and then he was married to his third wife, Sue Shifrin, for 25 years.
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\n[post_page_title]Tying the knot[\/post_page_title]
\nThankfully, Dey also moved on with her own love life. In 1976, she shook the world when she married Lenny Hirshan, who was 25 years her senior. Despite the fact that many people questioned the marriage, the couple were together for five years before they got divorced.
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\nSeven years later, Dey walked down the aisle once again to marry Bernard Sofronski, and they have been together ever since. Dey and David were still friends during this time until Cassidy released his memoir and spoke for the first time about their secret encounter.
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\n[post_page_title]Not talking[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Dey discovered what her former co-star had done, she vowed to never speak to him again. In fact, she didn\u2019t get the chance to ever speak to him again, because David passed away in 2017.
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\nFans always hoped that there was a chance that their two favorite stars from The Partridge Family would one day get together and marry each other rather than other people, but this never happened. However, at least we now know that there was a moment between them, even if it didn\u2019t amount to anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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