Hollywood<\/a> cast party when he was 20, and got his first big break when he was signed as a regular vocalist for the ABC musical variety show Shindig! in 1964. He spent about 16 months on the programme, which showcased the top acts and songs of the day, through January 1966.<\/p>\nThe blue-eyed, brown-haired Sherman had made his acting debut as a kidnapped son of a millionaire businessman on a 1965 episode of ABC\u2019s Honey West, then played a singing surfer in the mold of Frankie Avalon on NBC\u2019s The Monkees in 1967 before landing on Here Come the Brides.<\/p>\n
On social media Sherman’s legions of fans shared emotional tributes to him, with one typing: “Kids today will never know how big Bobby Sherman was. Rest in Peace Bobby.”<\/p>\n
A second replied:”Bobby Sherman has passed away at age 81. From being a teen idol and gold records to saving lives as a paramedic and officer, he gave his all to every chapter. Rest easy, Bobby. You made the world better.”<\/p>\n
While a third added: “This hits hard. Rest in peace Bobby.”<\/p>\n
In addition to his role as Jeremy Bolt in Here Come the Brides, Sherman was well-known for his hit songs \u201cJulie, Do Ya Love Me,\u201d \u201cEasy Come, Easy Go,\u201d \u201cLa La La,\u201d and \u201cLittle Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sherman went on to appear in the early 1970s TV series Getting Together, and had roles on Mod Squad, The Love Boat, Sanchez of Bel Air, and Frasier.<\/p>\n
Despite his success as an actor and singer, Sherman ultimately left entertainment in pursuit of a career in public service. He became a technical reserve police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as an EMT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bobby Sherman’s death was announced Tuesday by his second wife, Brigitte Poublon. It was revealed in March that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[84302,84301,4080,203,77,16462,498,54129,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-211388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-60s-teen-idol","9":"tag-bobby-sherman","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-celebrity-deaths","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-entertainment-industry","14":"tag-hollywood","15":"tag-tributes","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114740452767563040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}