I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson

Author:Allison Pearson [Pearson, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-59540-9
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

At David Cassidy’s White City concert on May 26, 1974, the central section of the 35,000-strong crowd of fans surged forward when Cassidy appeared; many fainted, were trampled upon or were crushed. One St. John Ambulance man said the scale of the injuries reminded him of the Blitz. The director of the British Safety Council called it “a suicide concert.”

Some 750 girls were treated for hysteria or injuries on the night. A few days later, 14-year-old fan Bernadette Whelan, who had been unconscious since the hysterical crush, became the first fatality at a British pop concert.

David Cassidy sent a letter of regret to Bernadette’s parents, but did not attend the funeral for fear of causing another riot.

At the inquest, the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death as a result of asphyxiation. He said that Bernadette was “a victim of contrived hysteria” and suggested that “trendy, high platform shoes” were a contributing factor to the number of girls who fell over in the throng.

David Cassidy retired soon afterward. He was 24.

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