Bobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s with bubblegum pop hits like Little Woman and Julie, Do Ya Love Me, has died. He was 81.
His wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced the death Tuesday and family friend John Stamos posted her message on Instagram: “Bobby left this world holding my hand – just as he held up our life with love, courage, and unwavering grace through all 29 beautiful years of marriage.”
Sherman revealed he had stage four cancer earlier this year.
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“I was his Cinderella, and he was my prince charming. Even in his final days, he stayed strong for me. That’s who Bobby was – brave, gentle, and full of light,” the post continued.
While she referenced his career in the entertainment industry, she added that those who really knew him knew he was more than just a musician and actor.
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“He was a man of service. He traded sold-out concerts and magazine covers for the back of an ambulance, becoming an EMT and a trainer with the LAPD,” the post read.
“He saved lives. He showed us what real heroism looks like – quiet, selfless, and deeply human.
“Bobby is survived by his two sons, Tyler and Christopher, and six beautiful grandchildren.
“He lived with integrity, gave without hesitation, and loved with his whole heart. And though our family feels his loss profoundly, we also feel the warmth of his legacy – his voice, his laughter, his music, his mission.”
Stamos, also shared the post and started the dedication with, “From one ex teen idol, to another – rest in peace Bobby Sherman.”
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Sherman was a squeaky-clean regular on the covers of Tiger Beat and Sixteen magazines, often with hair over his eyes and a choker on his neck.
His face was printed on lunchboxes, cereal boxes and posters that hung on the bedroom walls of his adoring fans. He landed at eighth in TV Guide’s list of TV’s 25 Greatest Teen Idols.
He was part of a lineage of teen heartthrobs who emerged as mass-market, youth-oriented magazines and TV took off, connecting fresh-scrubbed Ricky Nelson in the 1950s to David Cassidy in the ’60s, all the way to Justin Bieber in the 2000s.
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Sherman had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – Little Woman, Julie, Do Ya Love Me, Easy Come, Easy Go, and La La La (If I Had You). He had six albums on the Billboard 200 chart, including Here Comes Bobby.
His career got its jump start when he was cast in the ABC rock ’n’ roll show Shindig! in the mid-’60s. Later, he starred in two television series – Here Come the Brides (1968-70) and Getting Together (1971).
His movies included Wild In Streets, He is My Brother and Get Crazy.
But he swapped the stage for helping people, becoming a paramedic and instructor for the Los Angeles Police Department in 1988.
In an interview with The Washington Post he explained that he stepped away from entertainment due to the frantic schedule.
“I’d film five days a week, get on a plane on a Friday night and go someplace for matinee and evening shows Saturday and Sunday, then get on a plane and go back to the studio to start filming again,” he told the publication.
“It was so hectic for three years that I didn’t know what home was.”
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