Closer USA – September 02, 2019

STILLSINGINGOn March16,

anebullientDebbyperformed

ata benefitfortheBrain

MappingFoundationin LA.

MANAGINGWELLShe

st arredas thetough-

talkingrepof David

Cassidy(RodneyScott)

inthe 1999 TV movie

ComeOn,GetHappy:The

PartridgeFamilyStory.

You’llbe celebrating40 yearsof

marriagein September,so youmustbe

ki nd of nice. What’s your secret?

I really don’t know how I got so fortunate.

I had no idea who I was marrying. I knew

there were certain things about him that

I loved. I think he was much more mature

than I was, and every year I started to

discover more and more of who this amazing

person was that I was lucky enough to be

married to. We’ve certainly had our rough

patches, but I’ve never been bored.

And now you’re a grandma!

My daughter Dustin has a girl named Elliot

who’s 4, and a son, Graham, who’ll be 3

soon. Then my son Jordan’s first child,

Sonny, is 9 months. They could be child

models!

What’s your least goody-goody quality?

I love a little dirty joke! — Reporting by

Amanda Champagne-Meadows

“Our faith really helps

us. It was never like,

‘If the going gets

rough, we can quit.’ ”

— Debby on husband Gabriel

B ROA DWAYBO U N D

In1994,Debbyplayed

againsttypeas badgirl

Rizzo(withChubby

Checker!)inGrease.

SPORTY BUNCH

Cheryl Tiegs, Parker
Stevenson, Debby
and Toni Tennille
competed on Battle
of the Network
Stars in 1978.

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