Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 5, 2023 18:59:07 GMT
David Cassidy’s brother proud of his late teen idol sibling
nypost.com/2023/04/03/david-cassidys-brother-proud-of-his-late-teen-idol-sibling/
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Entitled “Jimmy Cagney Was My Babysitter,” it recalls the time when his father dropped him off at family friend Jimmy Cagney’s house and the special hours they spent together.
“I have those memories,” Ryan explained. “I cherished them and I kept them in my memory bank for all these years. And I thought I have to somehow share this story with everybody … And there are some messages in it. He was quite a sweet man.”
Ryan said despite Cagney’s tough-guy persona he was a gentle and kind man who loved animals and took a real interest in hearing what Ryan, then about 7, had to say.
“Sometimes these big movie stars, whether it be James Cagney or a movie star today, are not always who we perceived,” he said. “They’re not always who they really are. You know, James Cagney was a gangster actor. He was a dancer.
“But what I learned from who he was that day was that he was a really genuinely soft-spoken, wonderful man that loved animals, that wanted to draw. He was a painter and he was the total antithesis of all the characters that we may remember him from.”
The meaning behind Ryan Cassidy's new children's book
nypost.com/2023/04/03/david-cassidys-brother-proud-of-his-late-teen-idol-sibling/
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Entitled “Jimmy Cagney Was My Babysitter,” it recalls the time when his father dropped him off at family friend Jimmy Cagney’s house and the special hours they spent together.
“I have those memories,” Ryan explained. “I cherished them and I kept them in my memory bank for all these years. And I thought I have to somehow share this story with everybody … And there are some messages in it. He was quite a sweet man.”
Ryan said despite Cagney’s tough-guy persona he was a gentle and kind man who loved animals and took a real interest in hearing what Ryan, then about 7, had to say.
“Sometimes these big movie stars, whether it be James Cagney or a movie star today, are not always who we perceived,” he said. “They’re not always who they really are. You know, James Cagney was a gangster actor. He was a dancer.
“But what I learned from who he was that day was that he was a really genuinely soft-spoken, wonderful man that loved animals, that wanted to draw. He was a painter and he was the total antithesis of all the characters that we may remember him from.”
The meaning behind Ryan Cassidy's new children's book