Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was one of the most popular and influential American singers and actors of the 20th century whose career flourished from 1926 until his death in 1977.

Personal life

Crosby was married twice. He was married to actress/nightclub singer Dixie Lee from 1930 until her death from cancer in 1952. They had four sons. Dixie was an alcoholic, and the 1947 film is indirectly based on her life. After Dixie's death, Bing married the much-younger actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and had three more children with her, including actress Mary Frances Crosby, best known as being the woman who shot J.R. Ewing on Dallas.

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Dixie Lee - 1930 - 1952 - 1947 - Kathryn Grant - 1957 - Mary Frances Crosby - Dallas

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After Bing's death from a heart attack at age 74 while golfing in Madrid, Spain, his eldest son from his first marriage, Gary Crosby, wrote a highly critical memoir (Going My Own Way) depicting him as an autocratic and abusive father. Two of his children, Lindsay and Dennis, committed suicide. Many people believe that Crosby's extraordinary abilities were due to his having bipolar disorder. Many years after his death, Joan Rivers accused Crosby of having been a pedophile who sexually abused his first wife and four sons.

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Madrid, Spain - Going My Own Way - Lindsay - Dennis - Bipolar disorder - Joan Rivers - Pedophile

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Denise Crosby, Dennis' daughter, is also an actress and best known for her role as Tasha Yar on .

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Denise Crosby - Tasha Yar

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Nathaniel Crosby, his youngest son from his second marriage, was a high-level golfer who won the U.S. Amateur at age 19 in 1981, becoming the youngest-ever winner of that event (a record later broken by Tiger Woods).

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Nathaniel Crosby - U.S. Amateur - Tiger Woods

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At his death, he was worth over $150,000,000 USD due to his shrewd investments in oil, real estate, and other commodities, making him one of Hollywood's then wealthiest residents along with Fred MacMurray and best friend Bob Hope.

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Fred MacMurray - Bob Hope

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NOTE: Due to instructions from his family, the year of birth engraved on Bing Crosby's tombstone is 1904, rather than the correct date, 1903.

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1904 - 1903

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