The news wasn't surprising, but it was still sad anyway. Singer-actor and later EMT and reserved police officer/deputy sheriff Bobby Sherman, 81, succumbed to stage 4 kidney cancer. His wife and another person from the charity Bobby and his wife ran announced his passing today.
Brigitte Poublon Sherman, his wife of 29 years, had announced back in March Bobby was in bad shape, for his cancer had spread throughout his body, pointing out his body was "shutting down."
Still it was sad.
Sherman was known first for his acting in roles in shows like Here Come the Brides, and he followed this with a highly successful singing career. He developed a huge following, especially among teenaged girls, and gave contemporary David Cassidy a run for his money.
Sherman had hits like "Julie, Julie, Do You Love Me," "Little Woman," "Easy Come, Easy Go," and that earworm classic:
He also made guest appearances on other television shows. One of these appearances, on the Jack Webb-produced series, Emergency! changed the course of Sherman's life.
By the mid-'70s, after guest-starring on the TV series "Emergency!," Sherman decided to detour from celebrity life and began a new career in emergency services. He volunteered at the Los Angeles Police Department from the 1990s through 2017 and was a technical reserve police officer with the unit. In 1999 he was named the LAPD's reserve officer of the year. Sherman was also a reserve deputy sheriff for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
"It was a labor of love," Sherman told the podcast "A Breath of Fresh Air" in 2024. "I really enjoyed every minute of it."
In 2011, Sherman and Poublon created the Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation, a Ghana-based youth center dedicated to blending music and education and providing children in Ghana with educational tools. Stamos was a major supporter of their foundation and charitable endeavors.
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