Partridge Family star David Cassidy has died, aged 67

At the height of his fame David Cassidy caused mass hysteria wherever he went. The singer and actor has now died, aged 67.

David Cassidy sports a Keep Australia Beautiful t-shirt during his tour Down Under in 1974.

David Cassidy of The Partridge Family fame has died at age 67.

Publicist JoAnn Geffen released a statement Tuesday evening saying Cassidy had died “surrounded by those he loved.” No further details were immediately available, but Geffen said on Saturday that Cassidy was in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hospital suffering from organ failure.

The teen and pre-teen idol starred in the 1970s sitcom and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer.

Cassidy caused mass hysteria, when at the height of his fame in 1974, then Victorian Health Minister Alan Scanlan called him a “health hazard” after 300 teenagers fainted and 50 more were injured at a concert at the MCG.

David Cassidy plays at Randwick Racecourse in 1974.

In another incident that year at White City Stadium, in Hammersmith, West London a 14-year-old girl suffered fatal injuries after being crushed in a stampede at a Cassidy concert.

The Partridge Family aired from 1970-74 and was intended at first as a vehicle for Shirley Jones, the Oscar winning actress and Cassidy’s stepmother. Jones played Shirley Partridge, a widow with five children with whom she forms a popular act that travels on a psychedelic bus. The cast featured Cassidy as eldest son and family heartthrob Keith Partridge.

David Cassidy in 2009 - The Partridge Family star has died of organ failure. Picture: AP.