David Cassidy

David Cassidy二月20日宣布他患了老年癡呆症，今年已經66歲的他祖父和母親都因這個病而受過很長一段時間的折磨。

David Cassidy公開患病訊息後沒幾天還在加州Agoura辦了一場演唱會，在演出時他口齒不清、忘記歌詞、自己拿麥克風往臉上打、最後還摔下舞台。

David Cassidy在上月底宣布退出表演了五十年的演藝事業，以專心去照顧自己的身體健康。

David Cassidy 1950年出生於紐約曼哈頓區，父母親都是演員(Jack Cassidy與Evelyn Ward)在1970年代很受歡迎的電視影集The Partridge Family｢歡樂滿人間｣裡飾演大兒子Keith而走紅，1977-1983年曾與模特兒Kay Lenz結婚，在弟弟Shun Cassidy的百老匯舞台劇Blood Brothers也曾擔綱演出。

除了The Partridge Family合唱團的幾首暢銷曲如I Think I Love Yoy﹑Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted...之外，David Cassidy個人曾翻唱原來是The Association 1966年的冠軍曲Cherish，於1971年獲得過第九名，1990年復出推出的Lyin’To Myself則得過第27名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-c6aAOt50

CHERISH

David Cassidy

Cherish is the word I use to describe

All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside

You don't know how many times

I wished that I had told you

You don't know how many times

I wished that I could hold you

You don't know how many times

I've wished that I could mold you

Into someone who could

Cherish me as much as I cherish you

Perish is the word that more than applies

To the hope in my heart each time I realize

That I am not going to be the one

To share your dreams

That I am not going to be the one

To share your schemes

That I am not going to be the one

To share what seems to be the life

That you could cherish me as much as I do yours.

Oh I'm beginning to think

That man has never found

The words that could make you want me

That have the right amount of letters

Just the right sound

That could make you hear

Make you see

That you're driving me out of my mind

Oh I could say I need you

But then you'd realize that I want you

Just like a thousand other guys

Who say they'd love you

With all the rest of their lives

When all they wanted was to

Touch your face, your hand

And gaze into your eyes

Cherish is the word I use to describe

All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside

You don't know how many times I wished that I had told you

You don't know how many times I wished that I could hold you

You don't know how many times I wished that I could mold you

Into someone that could cherish me as much as I cherish you

And I do

Cherish you