Bobby Sherman - RIP

Former singer and actor Bobby Sherman has passed away at 81 years old.

In March, it was revealed Sherman was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.

Born in Santa Monica and raised in Van Nuys, Sherman was a teen idol in the late ’60s and early ’70s. From 1968 to 1970, he starred in the ABC series “Here Come the Brides.”

He later appeared on episodes of “Honey West,” “The Partridge Family,” “The Mod Squad,” “Murder She Wrote,” “The Monkees,” and more.Sherman then left show business and became a paramedic.

He volunteered with the Los Angeles Police Department and instructed CPR and first aid classes. In the 1990s, he became a technical reserve officer with the LAPD, serving until 2017.

In 1999, he was honored as the LAPD’s Reserve Officer of the Year. He also served as a deputy sheriff with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and retired in 2010.

In 2011, Sherman and Brigitte founded the Brigitte & Bobby Sherman Children’s Foundation, which is a “Ghana-based center that provides local children with quality education and programs, along with meals for the entire community,” the foundation’s website explains.

RIP Bobby Sherman. You meant so much to so many.