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Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959 in Broomall, Pennsylvania) is an actor, disc jockey, and game show host. He is the son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce. He originally gained fame in the television series The Partridge Family. Bonaduce played the wisecracking Danny Partridge, who was a constant bane of the Family's manager, played by Dave Madden.

He married Setsuko Hattori in 1985 and divorced her in 1988. On November 4 1990, he met his second wife, Gretchen Hillmer on a blind date. They married that same day (Bonaduce jokes he only married her so he could sleep with her)^{[citation needed]}. They have two children together, Countess Isabella Michaela Bonaduce (born November 23, 1994) and Count Dante Jean Michel Bonaduce (born February 14, 2001)

As an adult, he has had a successful career as a radio announcer and co-host of The Other Half a daytime talk show positioned as a complementary show to The View, on which he starred with Mario Lopez and Dick Clark. He started his radio career on WEGX in Philadelphia. Bonaduce went to KKFR in Phoenix, Arizona, a stint which soon ended after he was charged with assaulting a transsexual prostitute, Darius Barney. Once that was settled, Bonaduce was successful at WLUP in Chicago. Later, Danny hosted weekday mornings in Detroit, Michigan at WKQI then flying to Chicago for afternoons at WLUP. Then in Los Angeles co-hosting the morning drive-time show on Star 98.7 FM (KYSR) with Jamie White. He is a frequent guest on the Loveline radio program.

In 2001 he released his autobiography, Random Acts of Badness.

Bonaduce filed a lawsuit against Jamie White on September 28, 2005 for allegedly slandering him on air while he was in a rehab center called Milestones Ranch. He claims she lied about him showing up to work under the influence of drugs. Bonaduce claims he was never under the influence of drugs while at work. The outcome is still pending.

Starred in Breaking Bonaduce, a 2005 reality television show on VH1, and has appeared on Howard Stern's Howard 100. Since August 2006, he has been hosting a new tabloid-themed game show named Starface, which airs on GSN.

Bonaduce recently appeared on the Radio Chick show, where he and co-host Chuck Nice got into a heated debate over a comment Bonaduce made about his being fearless. Chuck Nice repeatedly called Bonaduce a dumbass, after Bonaduce referred to Nice as a "little man." Host Leslie Gold and Butch tried to calm down the argument to no avail, but Nice and Bonadue ended up making up at the conclusion of the interview.

[edit] Trivia

• His personal assistant is Jaclyn Bradley who does music for Breaking Bonaduce.
• He has trained in the martial arts for over 20 years and holds black belts in multiple styles.
• He is a fan of director David Dillehunt.
• He was invited to the wedding of Duane Chapman AKA "Dog The Bounty Hunter in 2006. [1]
• Danny Bonaduce self-titled LP was released in 1973 by MGM Records. Listening to the record, his vocals are barely audible as other studio child singers sang over him. Bonaduce, too, has acknowledged this fact.
• His Brother, John Bonaduce, has continued the family tradition of the "musical family". He drives a VW Bus and leads the choir at Notre Dame High School. John is extremely religious and his wife works with the Catholic Archdiocese.

[edit] External links

• Danny Bonaduce at the Internet Movie Database
• Danny Bonaduce at the Notable Names Database
• Inteview with Danny, and more about the music.
• When Young Stars Burn Out MSN Movies
• Danny's Clothing Websitefr:Danny Bonaduce