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==Personal life== {{BLP sources section|date=December 2015}} Bonaduce has a black belt in karate.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=b9_qs_-pof8C&pg=PP66 "The Partridge Family Tree,"] SPIN, Sep 1990, p. 68</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dannybonaduce.net/dannybonaduce/trivia/|title=Trivia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2009/02/02/105775000/si-players-june-9-2008-update|title=SI Players, June 9, 2008 Update|newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault | Si.com}}</ref> Bonaduce married his first wife, Setsuko Hattori in 1985 and they divorced in 1988. On November 4, 1990, Bonaduce met second wife Gretchen Hillmer on a blind date and, on a whim, they married the same day. Despite the unusual start to the marriage, the two remained married for over sixteen years and had two children together. On April 9, 2007, the two divorced, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-11-et-quick11.3-story.html|title = Bonaduce is getting a divorce|work = Los Angeles Times|date = April 11, 2007|first = Rene|last = Lynch|access-date = April 11, 2010}}</ref> Bonaduce began dating his current wife, Amy Railsback, in April 2007. They met at a [[Starbucks]] in the Los Angeles area. Railsback, who is 23 years his junior, is a former substitute school teacher. She now manages Bonaduce's career full-time, runs Gravel Tones Productions Inc and is occasionally seen in sketches on ''[[The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...]]'' on [[truTV]]. He proposed to Amy in March 2009 and the couple married on November 22, 2010, at the Four Seasons on [[Maui, Hawaii]]. They maintain homes in both Los Angeles and in [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Bonaduce Is Engaged - Us Weekly|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/danny-bonaduce-is-engaged-2009233|website=Us Weekly|date=March 23, 2009 }}</ref> Bonaduce and [[David Cassidy]], his ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' costar, remained close friends until Cassidy's death on November 21, 2017. On January 20, 2018, Bonaduce attended Cassidy's memorial service in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/25/david-cassidy-danny-bonaduce_n_4494089.html|title=David Cassidy on Danny Bonaduce|publisher=Huffington Post|date=December 25, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> Bonaduce also met actress [[Shirley Jones]] on the set of ''The Partridge Family.'' Jones often allowed Bonaduce to stay at her home to avoid his difficult home life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azdailysun.com/lifestyles/bonaduce-the-perpetual-comeback-kid/article_541b5f6f-b908-584a-8ede-aa84c9a28ff8.html|title=Bonaduce, the perpetual comeback kid|publisher=azdailysun.com|date=August 5, 2006 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> According to Jones, Bonaduce was "smart" and "talented" but a troublemaker off-camera, who "was still a kid and would do kid things like get a dish of food and throw it across the room or have a pillow fight".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/58537/viannguyen/7-surprising-secrets-of-the-partridge-family-cast-from-shirley-joness-memoir|title=7 Surprising Secrets of The Partridge Family Cast from Shirley Jones's Memoir|publisher=Parade.com|author=Nguyen, Vi-An|newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays |date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> Bonaduce later commented that "Shirley Jones could not have been kinder to me".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/highlights-of-a-live-chat-with-danny-bonaduce|title=Highlights of a live chat with Danny Bonaduce|publisher=Seattletimes.com|date=May 2, 2012 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> ===Arrests=== On March 9, 1990, he was arrested while attempting to buy cocaine in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bonaduce was there to host an event for [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E.]], an anti-drug campaign aimed at children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-03-12/news/25905179_1_partisan-politics-partridge-family-tv-crack|title=After Arrest, Bonaduce Off The Air Indefinitely|website=Philly.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230741/http://articles.philly.com/1990-03-12/news/25905179_1_partisan-politics-partridge-family-tv-crack|archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> Bonaduce was eventually fired from WEGX.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Logan|first1=Joe|title=IT'S AU REVOIR TO BONADUCE AND RAYMOND|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|issue=June 4, 1990|page=D06|publisher=Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.}}</ref> He later became the morning shift DJ at [[KKFR-FM]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. On March 31, 1991, Bonaduce was arrested in Phoenix for beating and robbing Darius Barney, a [[transgender]] sex worker; "authorities said the victim suffered a broken nose and a cut to his face."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Former-Child-Star-Arrested-for-Allegedly-Beating-Transvestite-Prostitute/id-4660772cd4f4a987d54347b8640d9005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401104914/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Former-Child-Star-Arrested-for-Allegedly-Beating-Transvestite-Prostitute/id-4660772cd4f4a987d54347b8640d9005|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 1, 2017|title=FORMER CHILD STAR ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING TRANSVESTITE PROSTITUTE|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|date=April 1, 1991}}</ref> Soon after, he was fired from KKFR. In July of the same year, Bonaduce pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Among his punishments, he was required to pay Barney's medical bills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/173529/BONADUCE-PLEADS-GUILTY.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401145223/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/173529/BONADUCE-PLEADS-GUILTY.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 1, 2017|title=BONADUCE PLEADS GUILTY|date=July 21, 1991|website=DeseretNews.com}}</ref> Later that same year, Bonaduce returned to WEGX in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Logan|first1=Joe|title=DANNY BONADUCE SIGNS ON AT EAGLE 106|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|issue=October 21, 1991|page=E06|publisher=Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.}}</ref> ===Political views=== Bonaduce has expressed his mostly conservative political views during guest appearances. He is a strong supporter of capital punishment and a strong military. Bonaduce has made several controversial statements regarding left-wing or liberal celebrities, such as saying [[Jane Fonda]] should have been executed for treason for her support of [[North Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248659,00.html|title= FoxNews.com|work= Fox News|date= January 30, 2007|access-date= February 13, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070530193625/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248659,00.html|archive-date= May 30, 2007|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref> He also stated on [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Scarborough Country]]'' that "personally, I think at this point, if anyone had a rope thick enough, I think that Rosie should be strung up for treason", referring to [[Rosie O'Donnell]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3pYesEy5GgI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070331121817/http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pYesEy5GgI Wayback Machine]</ref> ===Health=== In June 2023, Bonaduce announced that he would be undergoing [[hydrocephalus]]-related surgery after experiencing difficulty walking and maintaining his balance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/celebrity/ny-danny-bonaduce-brain-surgery-hydrocephalus-20230602-qmzpjuu2zjdbxfmddkg2u7wuju-story.html|title=Danny Bonduce undergoing brain surgery for hydrocephalus|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/other/danny-bonaduce-to-undergo-brain-surgery-for-neurological-disorder-bummed-out-if-this-doesn-t-work/ar-AA1c2CoX|title=Danny Bonaduce to Undergo Brain Surgery for Neurological Disorder: 'Bummed Out If This Doesn't Work'|publisher=MSN|accessdate=June 2, 2023}}</ref>
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