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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that August 13 is the anniversary of the birth of American radio/television personality, comedian, professional wrestler, and former child actor Dante Daniel "Danny" Bonaduce who is the son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce.

Background from imdb.com/name/nm0093697/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
"Biography of Dante Daniel "Danny" Bonaduce
Overview | Mini Bio | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (26) | Personal Quotes (5)
Overview
Born August 13, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name Dante Daniel Bonaduce
Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Bio
Danny Bonaduce was born on August 13, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Dante Daniel Bonaduce. He is an actor and producer, known for The Partridge Family (1970), Charlotte's Web (1973) and That '70s Show (1998). He has been married to Amy Railsback since November 22, 2010. He was previously married to Gretchen Bonaduce and Setsuko Hattori.

Spouse (3)
Amy Railsback (22 November 2010 - present)
Gretchen Bonaduce (6 December 1990 - 5 November 2008) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
Setsuko Hattori (1985 - 1988) ( divorced)

Trade Mark (3)
Red hair and blue eyes
Deep raspy voice
Known for his short temper

Trivia (26)
1. Son of Joseph Bonaduce and Betty Bonaduce.
2. Went to high school with Michael Jackson and Christian Brando.
3. Has stated that he and his wife, Gretchen Bonaduce, met on a blind date, and they were married that same day. However, in interviews he has mentioned Nov. 4, 1990 as the wedding date while divorce papers list Dec. 6, 1990 as the date.
4. Son, Dante Bonaduce, was born on 14 February 2001.
5. He and his wife, Gretchen Bonaduce, were featured on The Learning Channel's A Baby Story (1999), during Gretchen's pregnancy and the birth of their son, Dante Bonaduce.
6. Daughter is named Isabella Bonaduce (aka Countess Isabella Michaela Bonaduce). Son is named Dante Bonaduce (aka Count Dante Jean-Michel Valentino Bonaduce).
7. During auditions for The Partridge Family (1970) there were two different Partridge families. Danny was in the family that did not get hired.
8. Best known these days as a motor-mouthed radio deejay.
9. His fame as a Partridge led to jealousies at home, making an already bad family situation worse. To get him away from that atmosphere, TV mom Shirley Jones and the other adults from the cast had Danny stay with them some weekends. Jones had children around Danny's age, so he fit in at her house. Susan Dey and David Cassidy treated him like a kid brother, while Dave Madden was like a bachelor father or bad uncle, teaching Danny to play cards, drive a car . . . and smoke.
10. Has studied martial arts under Chuck Norris for over 20 years.
11. Appeared in eight episodes of CHiPs (1977) as a martial artist.
12. Holds black belts in the following martial arts: Okinawan Chinan Ryu; Tae Kwon Do; Tokyo-Ryu; Shorin Ryu. He won the 1980 and 1981 International Championships.
13. Ranked #10 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
14. Said that he was so broke in the early 1980s that he lived out of his car near a dumpster. He would pose for pictures with fans during the day and sleep in his car at night.
15. Has said that he did not start drinking alcohol until after he kicked his cocaine habit in the early 1990s.
16. Studied American Tang Soo Do under Chuck Norris' black belt student Bob Burbidge. Burbidge got his black belt and trained under Pat E. Johnson, Norris' #1 and action/stunt director of all the "Karate Kids", "Ninja Turtles", "Mortal Kombats" series and more.
17. Has an older brother and sister.
18. Is a Republican.
19. His acting mentor is Shirley Jones.
20. Announced he would box Robert Shapiro for a charitable event.[June 2007].
21. Has known [Dick Clark] since birth.
22. As an actor, he was highly influenced by [Shirley Jones].
23. Actress/singer [Shirley Jones] took him under her wing, when he was 11.
24. Credits [Shirley Jones] as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
25. His acting mentor [Shirley Jones] watched 2 episodes of Bonaduce's short-lived reality show [Breaking Bonaduce (2005)], who was outraged, because Danny didn't know what he was doing.
26. Had severely hated his father, in spite of his fame on [The Partridge Family (1970)]. Immediately, [Shirley Jones] became his surrogate mother.

Personal Quotes (5)
1. Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place. They cry and complain that now they are no longer little and cute Hollywood has no use for them. What we often fail to appreciate is that being little and cute may have been their only skill. Now that we are not so little anymore, and certainly not cute, some of us may have to face reality, stop whining, and get real jobs.
2. When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it. No one had any idea that I was going to pull my car around the corner and go to sleep.
3. Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks.
4. There's nothing like turning on the radio and listening to the high-speed chase that you're leading police on!
5. Gretchen [wife Gretchen Bonaduce] was my light at the end of a long tunnel of pain and struggle. She made sure I got my act together and life has been so much better since she has been in it."

Danny Bonaduce on the O`Reilly Factor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHEi_JOghk

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I’d watched partridge family at various intervals.. not exactly on my list of tv programs.. usually watched with little brother... i’d rather read a good Zane Grey ; Riders of the purple sage as an example.. “put the book down and watch the tv with your brother.!”..
“Not exactly.. book’s more interesting !”.. I could be watching it on tv .. ohhh no, got to watch re-run of the bird family..... their home looks like a wren’s nest.. stuff everywhere !.” “Ok, go to your room !” “Oh thank you, I’ve been pardoned !.. I had a chance to get a good buy on a new color tv with a remote.. instead I bought a box of
Simulated leather bound Zane Grey books, the whole set minus one.. all in good to great condition.. I got some conditioner and rubbed it into the book covers.. they resumed their almost excellent condition in a month’s time.. my little brother inherited my room.. he had the gall to sell my books for about $40.. I informed him he owed me another $50 why $50. “ illegal misappropriation fee” “No i’ll keep as a handling fee..” I could see I was getting nowhere... hmmm..
I had intended on taking my books out West with me to Travis.. it was also bad enough he ripped my fighter plane pics that my uncle got for me from various Companies(Northrop-Grumman).. Lockheed.. Boeing.. he put his baseball player pics in them.. ..
he thought I had intentions of taking his $100 ball glove and Al Kaline ball from the’67 World Series.. that would be a great hostage item.. nah... kid would go apes***t if I done that.. I can’t haul all. My stuff.. I already had quite a bit.. without overloading the axles..
It was early August. Mom was driving out with me to visit her Sis..
We lit out and headed West.. listening to Nixon doing his resignation on the radio..
Mom asked if I had David’s ball and glove.. nah.. not worth the trouble... He’ll find it in a month or so.. maybe.. we talked on the way .. I avoided him as a subject when conversing.. mom tried slipping him in to the conversations.. it happened a couple times.. Lil bro waited patiently.. I was surprised at that .. I had again transferred my money to my PenFed credit union.. I left enough in my Reserve for the folks to access.. in the front I had $5 in savings .. $5 in check’g.. I went o photo booth for $3 and got a strip of pictures.. I gave one pic to the local credit union to put in my file.. my brother
Thought he could use my other brother (we both looked somewhat alike that’s why I gave the credit union my pic so they could look and see the diff. They get new girls in a lot.. turns out he was only checking that’s when he found I only had. $5 in checking and $5 in savings. He blew it when he told the folks I only had $5 inveach of my accounts.. Dad had a word with him why was he finding out.. I got a letter from the credit union.. He never asked the Reserve amount from what the clerk said in her statement.. I wrote back on the back of their letter that he has a health prob.. they could ask the parents about that... and thanked them for informing me and signed off.. They included a business envelope with a mail permit number... so I sent it back in that.
Brother revealed that he wasn’t
ask’g for himself.. but for the ball glove brother... I had wrote it down.. in case I might forget .. it could happen.. got a deploy and went to Alaska.. an Aunt of mine
Lived in Anchorage.. I called from her place. Said my pleasantries and told where the ball and glove were..
and said goodbye.. lot of time diff between anchorage and Mi.. 4 hours.. I think.. earlier.. they got their call at about 6 in the morn’g..
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SPC Paul C.
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I remember Danny. He still looks the same, but a bit older
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I remember watching the Partridge Family
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