Thursday, January 16, 2014

‘Partridge Family’ And 'Adventures in Odyssey' Star Dave Madden Dead at 82

Dave Madden, who played long-suffering band manager Reuben Kincaid on the ’70s sitcom “The Partridge Family,” has died, TMZ reports. He was 82. According to the site, Madden died of congestive heart failure and kidney failure on Thursday morning following a long illness.

In addition to his run as Kincaid on “The Partridge Family” — a role he portrayed from 1970 to 1974 — Madden also had a steady role on the sitcom “Alice,” playing Mel’s Diner customer Earl Hicks.

More recently, since 1990, Madden has voiced has voiced 11 characters on Adventures in Odyssey, including the iconic Bernard Walton.