Dave Madden, who portrayed ornery Partridge Family manager Ruben Kincade, dead at 82 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/arts/television/dave-madden-of-the-partridge-family-dies-at-82.html?_r=0).
There's never a bad time to bring up yet again the most underappreciated Partridge entry of all time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75qtf9AcxME).