This article sums up how a lot of fans are feeling…

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You didn’t notice us because, well, lots of people just don’t notice middle-aged women. But that lady in your office who’s sitting in her cubicle eating her microwaved lunch — she’s one of them. The lady wearing sneakers with her dress and carrying a tote bag on the metro — she’s one, too. She may be the lady at the cash register at Walmart. She could even be the woman in the board room of some Wall Street bank for all we know. But right now, we all have one thing in common: we’re in a bit of a fog. A little out of sorts. Something in our world is out of place because the teen idol we grew up worshipping is absent. A star’s light suddenly dimmed. And now everything seems off kilter.
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Now, millions of David Cassidy fans – women roughly between 55 and 65 – are in state of loss, of confusion and mourning. Be easy on us. As the country grapples with political leaders, movie stars and Hollywood moguls who use their power to belittle, harass and abuse women, we are feeling misty for the old days when at least one of our heroes seemed to never threaten us. He made us feel respected and we trusted him. We didn’t just think we loved you, David Cassidy. We knew it.

You can read the whole article by Carol Kaplan here.