iHola Magazine - July 10, 1974
This is a Spanish magazine. The translation of the article is below.
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TRANSLATION:
DAVID CASSIDY'S NEW LOVE IS A TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD BRITISH MODEL:
THEY MET IN ST. TROPEZ AND HAVE REUNITED IN LOS ANGELES
Millionaire in dollars, he assures that money is useless to him, since he does not have time to enjoy it.
At twenty-four, and at the height of success, his greatest wish is to be able to lead a normal life.
After resting for a while, he will resume his acting career and will do some recording, but not pop music.
David Cassidy is tired. In his own words he's had everything - fame, adulation, money- in a very short time.
And this fatigue is such that at twenty-four, most famous pop singer since Elvis Presley has thought about retiring, although it is known that this will not happen by now, and that it has only been a wish expressed after the exhaustion of his last tour of Europe, that, as our readers will remember, was full of incidents due to his fans, one of them was even killed while he was performing in London.
What the famous singer has left well established -Keith in Tv series The Partridge family- is what he plans to do the day he gets retired:
"When I decide to retire, I will learn to live again. I want to be able to walk down the streets, go to the parks, to shops... in short, do everything normal people do."
Isn't that a bit melodramatic? It may seem so, but the truth is that, ever since David became a star four years ago, his life has been a continuous burden. Although everything may change now thanks to Hoima MacDonald, the new love in the life of the American idol of millions of teenagers. She is a twenty-four year old British model, mother of a two year old girl. Hoima, divorced from her husband, appears in television commercials for an Italian vermouth. She met David last month in Saint-Tropez and, as she says, "the instant they met was like a house on fire". She is currently in Los Angeles spending a few weeks with David.
"I LIKE TO SING"
Everything's fine when I'm on stage - he says - I communicate with my thousands of fans and the heat and the excitement are enormous. I know they understand my songs and that they appreciate me and I love my audience. Yes, I am happy on stage".
"However, when the concert ends, I am pushed into a car or the back of a truck, like a criminal. Sometimes I've had to lie down on the floor".
"My bodyguards take all kind of measures to get me into the hotel without anyone seeing me. When, at last, I find myself in my room I am physically exhausted, mentally devastated and totally alone".
"Yes, I know that is the price of fame - he continues- but it is too high for me. Besides, this fame is something that I never sought."
MILLIONAIRE IN DOLLARS
"All that I wanted was to be a good actor, earn enough money to live and do my job well enough for the other actors to respect me."
David actually studied drama and even participated with great success in a Broadway comedy. Then came The Partridge family, the tv series that changed his life. David Cassidy became a singing star and, acting alone he has become the David we know today. His songs have sold about eight million copies. He is a millionaire in dollars and has his money invested in oil, houses and real state.
The fact of being able to retire at twenty-four and living on income does not seem to appeal Cassidy, rather he finds it tragic.
"I have no intention of becoming lazy just because I have money. But I do not want to live either as I have lived for the last four years. If I retire for a while, things will slow down and I will be able to lead a more normal life.
I wish to have the chance to start over again."
"I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME..."
"When I think there was a time when I worked seven days a week, sometimes nineteen hours a day, and had to travel 9000 km a week, it seems like a nightmare. Now I've managed to slow down, but I'm still exhausted.
I admit that money is great but it's useless if you don't have time to enjoy it." So, what are you planning to do?
"I may resume my acting career. I would like to act, but seriously, if I find someone who gives me the opportunity. I really don't think it's going to be easy. I would also like to continue recording albums but not the pop music I have done so far."
HIS FAVORITE PLACE
"I think of something a little more serious. We'll see what happens."
For the moment, what David really wants is to rest. Like most super-busy businessmen, his dream is to live on a desert island.
"I imagine myself very sun-tanned and with a beard - he says smiling - totally cut off from civilization."
Without a beautiful woman?
"Not yet - he replies - That will come later. I think that marriage is something that you have to think about a lot to be successful. Married life needs stability and conformity. Two things that I do not have at the moment."
A desert island is not a very feasible possibility, but Hawaii is one of David's favorite places and maybe he will retire there to rest.
GLOOMY
"My best friend and I are very fond of horses - he says confidentially - and maybe we will raise them. It would be wonderful if we got some champion."
The project is magnificent. So why is he so gloomy?
"I don't know - replies David-. I am very discouraged. I guess it's exhaustion and when I rest for a while maybe I see things with more optimism".
"Although if I dedicate myself to raise racehorses and I win some important prize, fame would surround me again, right?".
David is undoubtedly depressed; he has his problems. And the bad thing is that, as much as he wants it, I don't think the public can easily forget him...
Text under photos:
"David Cassidy photographed back at his Hollywood house after his successful and dramatic European tour, during which one of his fans, Bernadette Whelan, found death when fainted in the White City Stadium in London".
"Despite his smile in this picture, a logical smile for being home, David Cassidy is deeply affected by the London incident".
"During an interview at his home (right), David Cassidy declared he is considering the possibility of retiring, being overwhelmed by fame".
"Hoima MacDonald, David Cassidy's fiancée, photographed when she was about to take the plane from London to Los Angeles, where she would join David for a few weeks on vacation".
Thank you Nea for the translation of this article.
