Susan Dey, AKA 'The Partridge Family's' oldest daughter Laurie, isn't on Twitter. So, don't bother trying to figure out why she skipped the Tuesday morning family reunion on the 'Today Show.' Nobody knows. OK, maybe producer beau Bernard Sofronski knows, but he's not on Twitter either. It's time to face facts. Gathering television's most famous families in one room is darn near impossible. Not that onscreen sibling Danny Bonaduce cares...

Yesterday it was 'Eight is Enough's' Adam Rich who skipped the 'Today' reunion. The oft-troubled youngest Bradford wrote in saying he was there "in spirit." Dianne Kay, who played Nancy Bradford on the late '70s hit didn't make it either, though she stopped by via live feed.

Diana Hyland, the original 'Eight is Enough' matriarch, succumbed to cancer just days after the show's first episode aired in 1977. Lani O'Grady, 'Eight is Enough's' eldest Bradford sister, died of a drug overdose in 2001.

There were virtually no unkind words uttered by the gathered Bradford clan. That wasn't the case for the Partridges.

But then again, 'The Partridge Family' hasn't been quite so beset by tragedy. All of the show's central cast members are alive and seemingly well today.

The family's "winsome moppets," Suzanne Crough, Brian Froster, David Cassidy, and Danny Bonaduce showed up to reminisce with Matt Lauer on old times passed.




Mama Shirley's absence was excused. Mrs. Jones is on tour "doing 17 concerts in 17 nights with symphony orchestras," Cassidy explained.

But Dey's absence was spoken of under a shadow of dismay.

"The only way you can reach Susan Dey is, I think, by teleprompter," Bonaduce joked.

"Susan who?" Crough said under her breath.

Cassidy had more sentimental words. "I loved Susan. I haven't seen her in years," he said. "She became a very close friend of mine. I felt like she was a sister... she was two years younger than I. If you're out there and you're watching Susan, we still love you."

"Not me so much," Bonaduce butted in. "I'm being sincere."

It is apparent that Susan Dey did not like the show and chooses not to do things like this with the other cast members. Same with Eve Plumb. Some people do not have an affinity to others they worked with, and often times in real life, who you know and is important to you now wont be in a few years. It's called moving on.

Besides LA Law, what has this woman done in the last 40 years. She probably wants privacy. Maybe she hates one of them (Danny Boneduce especially.) Who wants to be in the same room with that old relic David Cassidy, who does musical reviews to old people and Baptists in Branson, Missouri.

Remember though that Eve Plumb did return to her character to do "The Brady Brides;" her situation is a little different from Susan's.

I don't think Susan Dey has ever spoken out negatively against the show, the fans or her castmates. She just chooses not to live in the past and lives a quiet life away from the spotlight. I respect that. And so should Bonaduce.

But let's face it: Bonaduce is an a**hole. This is a guy, who, when his divorce was being finalized, had a countdown to being single on his radio show and rubbed it in his now ex-wife's face.

I thought that Bonaduce had gotten his act together, but he clearly hasn't and never will.

Remember though that Eve Plumb did return to her character to do "The Brady Brides;" her situation is a little different from Susan's.
Not to mention A Very Brady Christmas and The Bradys.

It is apparent that Susan Dey did not like the show and chooses not to do things like this with the other cast members. Same with Eve Plumb. Some people do not have an affinity to others they worked with, and often times in real life, who you know and is important to you now wont be in a few years. It's called moving on.

Besides LA Law, what has this woman done in the last 40 years. She probably wants privacy. Maybe she hates one of them (Danny Boneduce especially.) Who wants to be in the same room with that old relic David Cassidy, who does musical reviews to old people and Baptists in Branson, Missouri.

What's with dissing old people? First you criticize Cassidy for being "old" (hard to not get old, unless you die young, you know?) then you take a swipe at "old people" in Missouri. Is there something wrong with performing for old folks? Are you implying that unless you have a million screaming teenagers in your audience you aren't a success? If so, I'd wager very few of us qualify. ;)

And what's wrong with Baptists? Or Missouri? :confused:

What's with dissing old people? First you criticize Cassidy for being "old" (hard to not get old, unless you die young, you know?) then you take a swipe at "old people" in Missouri. Is there something wrong with performing for old folks? Are you implying that unless you have a million screaming teenagers in your audience you aren't a success? If so, I'd wager very few of us qualify. ;)

And what's wrong with Baptists? Or Missouri? :confused:

I think Susan is taking the high road.

David did exploit and humiliate her by talking about their one night stand and how he was never attracted to her.

I think she is making a statement by not being seen.

Cassidy had the nerve to ask Susan to reach out to him during the reunion show!

For What!

There is nothing wrong with performing as an older act if you enjoy it.
Cassidy does tend to be abusive toward fans.

Wayne Newton has 50 years in Vegas and Andy Williams still draws people in.

Most of Cassidy's concerts are at these small casinos where high rollers get free comps to see the show.
Its not like they show up to see him.

Susan Dey, AKA 'The Partridge Family's' oldest daughter Laurie, isn't on Twitter. So, don't bother trying to figure out why she skipped the Tuesday morning family reunion on the 'Today Show.' Nobody knows. OK, maybe producer beau Bernard Sofronski knows, but he's not on Twitter either. It's time to face facts. Gathering television's most famous families in one room is darn near impossible. Not that onscreen sibling Danny Bonaduce cares...

Yesterday it was 'Eight is Enough's' Adam Rich who skipped the 'Today' reunion. The oft-troubled youngest Bradford wrote in saying he was there "in spirit." Dianne Kay, who played Nancy Bradford on the late '70s hit didn't make it either, though she stopped by via live feed.

Diana Hyland, the original 'Eight is Enough' matriarch, succumbed to cancer just days after the show's first episode aired in 1977. Lani O'Grady, 'Eight is Enough's' eldest Bradford sister, died of a drug overdose in 2001.

There were virtually no unkind words uttered by the gathered Bradford clan. That wasn't the case for the Partridges.

But then again, 'The Partridge Family' hasn't been quite so beset by tragedy. All of the show's central cast members are alive and seemingly well today.

The family's "winsome moppets," Suzanne Crough, Brian Froster, David Cassidy, and Danny Bonaduce showed up to reminisce with Matt Lauer on old times passed.




Mama Shirley's absence was excused. Mrs. Jones is on tour "doing 17 concerts in 17 nights with symphony orchestras," Cassidy explained.

But Dey's absence was spoken of under a shadow of dismay.

"The only way you can reach Susan Dey is, I think, by teleprompter," Bonaduce joked.

"Susan who?" Crough said under her breath.

Cassidy had more sentimental words. "I loved Susan. I haven't seen her in years," he said. "She became a very close friend of mine. I felt like she was a sister... she was two years younger than I. If you're out there and you're watching Susan, we still love you."

"Not me so much," Bonaduce butted in. "I'm being sincere."


Too bad, i always crushed on her when that was on..

Susan Dey (and maybe this is an unfair observation) kind of strikes me as the Tina Louise of The Partridge Family in that she gives off the impression that the show that made her a household name in the first place is beneath her and is something that she's ashamed and embarrassed of.

I mean, why is it so hard for Susan to discuss what it was like to be on The Partridge Family, unless her time on that show was so traumatic? I think that people were also angry at Susan for not publicly saying anything when her TV siblings Suzanne Crough (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/s/partridge-family-star-danny-bonaduce-suzanne-crough-death-170521746.html) and David Cassidy passed away. Nor did she publicly say anything when Dave Madden passed away.

I mean, I get that Susan isn't an active actress anymore, but her non-responses still made her look kind of cold, unfeeling, and heartless.

Susan in particular, appears to hold a longtime grudge against David for what he said about her (https://www.tvbanter.net/2019/12/whatever-happened-to-susan-dey.html) in his book.

In his 1994 memoir, C'Mon Get Happy - Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, Cassidy wrote that "Susan lacked the slutty aspect of a female that I always found so attractive." He stated that she was "sweetness and innocence, a good girl, and I couldn't think of her as anyone but my sister," In his autobiography, he revealed personal details of his relationship with her, after which Susan cut off contact with him. The last time they appeared in public together was in 1990 at the MTV Video Awards. They presented the Viewers' Choice Award and exchanged some playful banter.

It is apparent that Susan Dey did not like the show and chooses not to do things like this with the other cast members. Same with Eve Plumb. Some people do not have an affinity to others they worked with, and often times in real life, who you know and is important to you now wont be in a few years. It's called moving on.

Besides LA Law, what has this woman done in the last 40 years. She probably wants privacy. Maybe she hates one of them (Danny Boneduce especially.) Who wants to be in the same room with that old relic David Cassidy, who does musical reviews to old people and Baptists in Branson, Missouri.

I'm speculating, but I wonder if Susan (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.tv/c/yHeluxf_AKg) was for the longest time, salty over the way that the tabloids (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/05/susan-dey-light-years-from-the-child-star/bd4a2fa1-caaf-4a13-895d-ab99a831e0a4/) exposed the fact (https://www.deseret.com/1993/10/22/19072238/dey-admits-alcoholism-after-tabloid-exposes/) that she was an alcoholic.

Actress Susan Dey, formerly of "L.A. Law" and "Love & War," talks openly about her alcoholism for the first time in the upcoming issue of Parade magazine. "I usually don't talk about it because I feel it's my business and nobody else's," she said. Dey, who got her start in acting playing all-American teen Laurie on "The Partridge Family," said she was angry when the supermarket tabloids made an issue of her problem. "After I had been sober for a year, I was given a cake at a meeting (of Alcoholics Anonymous). The tabloids ran a big story about it. I was furious that they had planted an informant in my AA group."

It wouldn't surprise me if this in particular, caused Susan to become much more closed off, protective, and distrustful of the media. And I'm guessing that when David Cassidy wrote about Susan (https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/2021139/) in his book (https://www.outsider.com/news/the-partridge-family-david-cassidy-once-rejected-susan-dey-due-to-lack-of-sexual-attraction/) (basically, David said that Susan wasn't "slutty" enough of a girl for him and he thought of her more like a sister than a potential romantic interest), she took that as the ultimate sign of betrayal and humiliation.

Back in 2004, when the Partridge Family cast sans Susan Dey, appeared together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySG-Y6qVu44) on NBC's Today Show, somebody wrote this about Susan (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.tv/c/yHeluxf_AKg):
Susan Dey always seems to be unhappy. In the rare interviews she gives (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Susan+Dey+interview), she always seems cold and distant. She looks like someone who is constantly battling inner demons. The rumor mill about her is alcoholism. She supposedly stopped drinking years ago. But you never know. Of course, she just may want to distance herself from her Partridge Family days. Eve Plumb (Jan) did. She dislikes being reminded of her Brady Bunch fame.

Maybe Dey had a horrible time on the Partridge Family. Maybe she didn't--and still doesn't--get along with some of the cast. Maybe she just wasn't available for the reunion (yeah, like she's very busy right now!). Who knows?

But I agree, she should have been with the rest of the Partridge cast on The Today Show.

She has the right to her privacy.

Whether we agree with her or not.

If someone wrote that kind of junk about me in their tell-all book, I probably also decline cast reunions and interviews.

If someone wrote that kind of junk about me in their tell-all book, I probably also decline cast reunions and interviews.

Exactly. And I read David's book. He was a little full of himself. And totally in denial about his alcoholism.

I don't think Susan Dey has ever spoken out negatively against the show, the fans or her castmates. She just chooses not to live in the past and lives a quiet life away from the spotlight. I respect that. And so should Bonaduce.

But let's face it: Bonaduce is an a**hole. This is a guy, who, when his divorce was being finalized, had a countdown to being single on his radio show and rubbed it in his now ex-wife's face.

I thought that Bonaduce had gotten his act together, but he clearly hasn't and never will.

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Susan on The Rosie O'Donnell Show back in 1996. This is believed to be the last time that she publicly discussed The Partridge Family.

Speaking of which, here's Shirley Jones on The Rosie O'Donnell Show:
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And finally, David Cassidy:
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Susan on The Rosie O'Donnell Show back in 1996. This is believed to be the last time that she publicly discussed The Partridge Family.

Speaking of which, here's Shirley Jones on The Rosie O'Donnell Show:
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And finally, David Cassidy:
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Thanks for the clarification. My original post was from 2010. Time flies!

If someone wrote that kind of junk about me in their tell-all book, I probably also decline cast reunions and interviews.

It wouldn't surprise me if Susan thought "If David is going to be there, then I'm not going to be there!" when it came the prospect of doing cast reunions and interviews. Like I said, from what I've gathered, Susan until the day that David died, held a grudge against him for what he wrote about her in his book. The last time that Susan and David were seen in public together was at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

It wouldn't surprise me if Susan thought "If David is going to be there, then I'm not going to be there!" when it came the prospect of doing cast reunions and interviews. Like I said, from what I've gathered, Susan until the day that David died, held a grudge against him for what he wrote about her in his book. The last time that Susan and David were seen in public together was at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

I just learned that Susan did appear (https://youtu.be/fBQ94QpzpRE?t=1131) in public together with David at least one more time in 1993 during an episode of This Is Your Life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)).

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTU1Mjk5MDMtZWRiMC00NjJkLTk4NTEtNWI0ZGRkYmExNGUwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTY4MjQ0NzU@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-wLuxSa5U7m08jba8LmEn5GhT8b93D_i2tam2YlNqpKGjmIQDa0RRHEhJDQWi578qi8U&usqp=CAU

I appreciate your posting that, I'm always interested in seeing how Susan looked at various times in her career.

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Too bad, i always crushed on her when that was on..

I'm guessing that this may be part of the resentment or hostility that fans of the show may have towards Susan. Susan was basically, the dream girl (https://www.reddit.com/r/70s/comments/1d0pzz6/comment/l5suxzz/) of many young men who watched her as Laurie on the show. So of course, if the girl that you had a crush on (https://www.google.com/search?q=crush+on+susan+dey&oq=crush+on+susan+dey&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTI4MzZqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) appears to reject you and what you initially liked about them, naturally, it's going to be a let down. Maybe people wanted to believe that she was really like Laurie Partridge (https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=85bbdc58692395e1&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIKVoBWCqb5mpoPBILCzKcGeLJTktw:1727323002578&q=Susan+Dey+as+Laurie+Partridge&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWd8nbOJfsBGGB5IQQO6L3J_86uWOeqwdnV0yaSF-x2jpr-WLkfgE5WTt8LNjzLztOVUmOKC1qS8kbirVFityjSzbF9EC65HllPArAlZt1oHycUe2ucbBBYtnR_CTICtRnjXPXYsNKAaeuVmy_f9Ry1Ay1K_ONUt0EYTU6IR2tI5g7DkxkpgOY0tf7wi5ZSW8DkIu3mQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtnezP29-IAxWuEkQIHUNuO9oQtKgLegQIERAB&biw=1600&bih=772&dpr=1) (the quintessential (https://www.reddit.com/r/70s/comments/1f88uvc/susan_dey_1970s/), sexy (https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/oo8wlr/comment/h5wrz3k/) girl next door (https://www.firstforwomen.com/entertainment/celebrities/susan-dey)) and it wasn't merely an "act" that she was putting on for the cameras.

I don't know if this is a fair comparison, but Susan Dey kind of reminds me of Kate Jackson. Like Susan with The Partridge Family, Kate starred on a now iconic '70s TV show in Charlie's Angels.

For whatever the reasons, you kind of get the vibe that Kate like Susan, is embarrassed by the TV show that for all intents and purposes, made them a pop cultural icon in the first place. Kate in particular, seems to hold a lifelong grudge against Cheryl Ladd just like Susan seemed to have against David Cassidy after she caught wind of what he wrote about her in his memoir.

Still, Susan and Kate in the '80s, were able to land a second successful TV show with LA Law and Scarecrow and Mrs. King respectively. They then try their hands at headlining a half hour sitcom with Love & War and Baby Boom, but they barely last a single season on those shows, and that pretty much ended their TV careers as leading ladies save for made for TV movies and guest starring roles.

And by the mid-2000s, they were retired and far out of the spotlight.

I don't know if this is a fair comparison, but Susan Dey kind of reminds me of Kate Jackson. Like Susan with The Partridge Family, Kate starred on a now iconic '70s TV show in Charlie's Angels.

For whatever the reasons, you kind of get the vibe that Kate like Susan, is embarrassed by the TV show that for all intents and purposes, made them a pop cultural icon in the first place. Kate in particular, seems to hold a lifelong grudge against Cheryl Ladd just like Susan seemed to have against David Cassidy after she caught wind of what he wrote about her in his memoir.

Still, Susan and Kate in the '80s, were able to land a second successful TV show with LA Law and Scarecrow and Mrs. King respectively. They then try their hands at headlining a half hour sitcom with Love & War and Baby Boom, but they barely last a single season on those shows, and that pretty much ended their TV careers as leading ladies save for made for TV movies and guest starring roles.

And by the mid-2000s, they were retired and far out of the spotlight.

Why is Kate Jackson mad at Cheryl Ladd?

Why is Kate Jackson mad at Cheryl Ladd?

Kate Jackson's dislike of Cheryl Ladd (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=319009)

1991 Charlie's Angels Reunion Press Room [Archive] (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-404938.html)

Kate Jackson's dislike of Cheryl Ladd (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=319009)

1991 Charlie's Angels Reunion Press Room [Archive] (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-404938.html)

Thanks for the links. it cleared things up for me.

She has the right to her privacy.

Whether we agree with her or not.

Susan (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showpost.php?p=6255466&postcount=11) does strike me as something of and I don't want to say troubled or tortured, but a complex individual. I do know that Susan like David, struggled with alcoholism, and she had an eating disorder when she was making The Partridge Family.

Also, Susan's first husband and the father of her daughter, Leonard Hirshan was at least 25 years older (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/05/susan-dey-light-years-from-the-child-star/bd4a2fa1-caaf-4a13-895d-ab99a831e0a4/) than her (http://everythingsusandey.blogspot.com/2011/06/susan-dey-likes-older-men.html) and she was still in her early 20s when they got married in 1976. Before this, when she started (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/14038302-susan-dey) on The Partridge Family, she moved in with one of the show's writers, who was well over (https://www.facebook.com/FansofDavidCassidy/posts/susan-dey-and-first-husband-hirshan-they-were-married-from-1976-1981-according-t/721437058275189/) 10 years her senior.

I don't entirely know what her deal was for why she always stayed away (https://www.heraldweekly.com/the-partridge-family-cast-finally-speaks-out/36) from cast reunions of The Partridge Family or anything relating to it (save for that one Partridge Family vs. Brady Bunch sketch on SNL in 1992). Either she was "busy" with other stuff at the time, she was afraid of being typecast (https://www.firstforwomen.com/entertainment/celebrities/susan-dey) as Laurie Partridge and wanted to be taken "seriously" as an actress, or she was trying to avoid David Cassidy after he said what he said about their relationship in his book.

But Shirley Jones seemed based on what she said in her own book, to be really sour about that. Maybe the general feeling is that Susan is being ungrateful and delusional because she's always going to be first and foremost, remembered as Laurie Partridge whether she likes it or not.

Somebody else online said (https://www.quora.com/What-ever-happened-to-the-actress-Susan-Dey/answer/Jon-Mixon-1) that Susan had to learn the hard way that in show business, you as an actor/actress probably only get one good role and you have better make the best of that. Susan was fortunate enough to receive two, Laurie Partridge and then Grace Van Owen on LA Law. But Susan seems to hate the first one and failed to capitalize upon it when the opportunities to do so had been right in front of her for decades.

Shirley Jones and Susan Dey together circa 1978:
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This is awfully surprising because I naturally have this impression that Susan wanted absolutely nothing to do with The Partridge Family as soon as it was finished four years prior to when this photo was said to have been taken.

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She was America’s teenage sweetheart. He was the heartthrob millions adored. Together, they became icons of a generation. But behind the fame, hidden from the adoring cameras, a private betrayal would leave scars that never fully healed. When calls for a reunion grew louder decades later, one star’s silence said it all. What really happened behind the scenes of The Partridge Family, and why did Susan Dey walk away from it forever?

I read a few years ago Shirley Jones told her not to get involved with David Cassidy but she ignored the advice.

She was embarrassed by her childhoid crush on David and probably avoided reunions for that reason.

I read a few years ago Shirley Jones told her not to get involved with David Cassidy but she ignored the advice.

Biggest Mistakes Susan Dey Made During Her Acting Career (https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMw_c217467c-8da9-4213-8f12-cdfe0351124f)

While "mistakes" (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showpost.php?p=6418221&postcount=36) can be subjective and often tied to hindsight, Dey's career choices and personal decisions have been critiqued in retrospectives as contributing to her fade from prominence. Many stem from the same pressures as the factors above, but framed as avoidable missteps:


Pursuing a Romantic Involvement with David Cassidy Despite Warnings: Dey ignored advice from co-star Shirley Jones about Cassidy's playboy tendencies, leading to unrequited feelings and a one-night encounter. His 1994 book betrayal, revealing disparaging details, damaged her emotionally and professionally, causing her to skip reunions and lose potential career boosts from Partridge Family nostalgia.

Back in 2004, when the Partridge Family cast sans Susan Dey, appeared together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySG-Y6qVu44) on NBC's Today Show, somebody wrote this about Susan (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.tv/c/yHeluxf_AKg):

I do agree with the argument that Susan in interviews could come across as really cold and distant. Take for example, this interview that she did with Arsenio Hall circa 1992 (around the time that she was leaving LA Law):
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I don't know how to fully or properly explain it. There are several people in the comments section who have speculated that Susan may have been under the influence in that interview with Arsenio Hall. Maybe it's because, Susan was based on the tone of her voice, speaking very slowly and flatly, as if she's being very careful with the words that she wants to say. She in a way, does kind of give off this "I don't want to be here!" energy because she just sounds so self-serious, matter of fact or literal, and speaking without a hint of irony.

I also believe that the hostility towards Susan stems from the idea or notion that she was basically, a practitioner (https://www.throughthewoodstherapy.com/ghosting/) in "ghosting" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosting_(behavior)) before that was (https://matthewhussey.com/blog/ghosting-messages/) even a publicly known term (https://www.seenandunseen.com/ghosting-not-immature-its-plain-cruel) or named (https://www.google.com/search?q=ghosting&sca_esv=aaa5e99ecd6c9da9&biw=1235&bih=547&sxsrf=ANbL-n7ztzppUkCwsmhcPK5YamgIfM9Cug%3A1775719886733&ei=zlXXaZm5LOuo0PEPlfqpgQk&ved=0ahUKEwiZ2MaIoOCTAxVrFDQIHRV9KpAQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=ghosting&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiCGdob3N0aW5nMggQABiABBixAzIIEAAYgAQYsQMyBRAuGIAEMgoQABiABBgUGIcCMgUQABiABDIIEC4YgAQYsQMyChAAGIAEGBQYhwIyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIIEAAYgAQYsQNI-QdQAFjeBXABeAGQAQCYAbEBoAGCCKoBAzMuNbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCaAC3gioAhTCAgcQIxgnGOoCwgINECMY8AUYJxjqAhieBsICDRAjGPAFGCcYyQIY6gLCAhcQABiABBiRAhi0AhjnBhiKBRjqAtgBAcICEBAAGAMYtAIY6gIYjwHYAQHCAgoQIxiABBgnGIoFwgILEC4YgAQYkQIYigXCAg0QLhiABBhDGOUEGIoFwgIQEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiDARiKBcICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAg0QABiABBixAxhDGIoFwgIQECMY8AUYgAQYJxjJAhiKBcICEBAuGIAEGEMYxwEYigUYrwHCAgoQLhiABBhDGIoFwgIQEC4YgAQY0QMYQxjHARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgINEC4YgAQYsQMYQxiKBcICChAuGIAEGBQYhwKYAw7xBXL6dsJ-YtjmugYGCAEQARgBkgcDNC41oAf-ngGyBwMzLjW4B9AIwgcHMi02LjIuMcgHTIAIAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp) form of behavior (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/ghosting-common-dating/684587/).

‘Partridge Family’ Star Danny Bonaduce Gives Rare Update on Susan Dey and Shirley Jones (https://parade.com/entertainment/partridge-family-star-danny-bonaduce-gives-rare-update-on-susan-dey-and-shirley-jones)

Bonaduce also spoke about Susan Dey (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/36499444-susan-dey-has-not-commented), the actress who played his sister Laurie Partridge on the ‘70s sitcom before moving on to a starring role on L.A. Law in the 1980s. When asked if it was true that Dey wanted nothing to do with The Partridge Family, Bonaduce confirmed that it was the case.

“But I don’t think it’s like it was,” he clarified. “I thought it was like a real bad thing of bad memories. It’s just not her thing. She just doesn’t want to be famous. She wants nothing…she has a normal job in upstate New York. But I always thought. ‘You want nothing to do with it? Why? It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Why?’ But it’s just not her thing. Like, I really liked being famous.”

Bonaduce noted he wasn’t “exactly sure” what Dey did for work after leaving the entertainment industry decades ago. “A regular job with an office, but I don’t know if she still does it. She’s got to be 73 or four,” he added.

Dey seemingly cut ties with her Partridge Family past sometime in the 1990s. In 2000, series star David Cassidy told The Deseret News (https://www.deseret.com/2000/1/9/19484652/partridge-family-feud-br-susan-dey-isn-t-talking-to-her-former-co-stars/) he hadn’t spoken to Dey in nearly a decade and actually wrote her a letter to clear the air.

“I never heard a response, and I don’t know why. Neither has Shirley, neither has Danny, neither has any of them,” he said at the time. “I really feel badly that Susan Dey, for whatever her own personal reasons, can’t embrace the fact that she was 16, 17 years old, and millions of people loved her for that. You don’t have to prove that you’re so serious. We know you’re serious. In life, be thankful.”