David Cassidy Urged His Son to ‘Let Me Go’ Amid Dementia Struggle (Video)

In a “Dr. Phil” interview due to air on Wednesday, Cassidy, whose mother also suffered from the degenerative brain disease, revealed to host Phil McGraw that he told his son,I want you to promise me you’ll find a way to let me go and don’t let me live like that, so that the singer doesn’t succumb to the disease like his mother did.

Cassidy, who earlier this month struggled to remember lyrics to songs he has been performing for decades and staggered off the stage during a concert in Agoura Hills, California, also said last week that he was retiring from music to focus on his health.