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Dec 12, 2010 02:34AM
Danny Bonaduce calls Chicago his �spiritual hometown.� After being arrested after tangling with a transvestite and subsequently being trashed by the tabloids, Bonaduce moved to Chicago where he worked as a radio host on WLUP-FM in the mid-�90s.
�It gave me a career � and my first comeback,� he said.
After a foray into reality television, the painful-to-watch �Breaking Bonaduce,� the actor is back on the radio, this time in Philadelphia.
Though he has had his fair share of substance abuse issues and troubles with women, Bonaduce doesn�t blame being a child star for his woes.
�When I was getting high, it wasn�t with the Brady Bunch. It was with my next-door neighbors. So my heart really breaks for you if you�re blaming your adult problems on being a child actor,� he says, laughing.
He looks back on his time on �The Partridge Family� with great affection, and with a special fondness reserved for the show�s producer Bob Claver: �He is a great, great guy. He was great to me as a kid and I consider him a lifelong friend.�
When Bonaduce worked at the Loop, he says he and Claver would meet up each week for lunch or dinner, something he cherished. �I�d really like to see him again,� he says.
Bonaduce was up for a little word-association during our conversation. He said the first word that came to mind regarding his �Partridge Family� cohorts:
Shirley Jones: �Star�
David Cassidy: �Loyal�
Susan Dey: �Missing�
Partridge Family: �Fun�
Bob Claver: �Avuncular�
Dave Madden: �Hysterical�
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