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Bobby Sherman dead at 81 as heartfelt tributes pour in for 60s teen heartthrob

Sherman, now 81, largely withdrew from the entertainment industry in the 1970s, but has retained a devoted fanbase through the years.

Born in Santa Monica, Sherman was a football star in high school, before embarking on a glittering life in Hollywood as a singer and actor. His career was launched after he was asked to sing at a party in the 1960s attended by the likes of Jane Fonda, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo - Sherman's mentor. Sherman played the stammering, lovable Jeremy Bolt, one of the three brothers trying to recruit women to come to Seattle and stay for a year to keep the men company.

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