Dennis Crosby

Dennis Michael Crosby (July 13, 1934 – May 4, 1991) was an American singer and occasional actor, the son of singer and actor Bing Crosby and his first wife Dixie Lee, and twin brother of Phillip Crosby. He was the father of Star Trek TNG actress Denise Crosby, who was named after him.

Early life Dennis Crosby attended Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose with his other brothers where he graduated in 1952. He subsequently enrolled at Washington State University at Pullman on an animal husbandry course with his twin brother. He dropped out of the course after two years and was inducted into the Army in January 1955. He was initially posted to Fort Ord, California and then transferred to Fort Riley in Kansas for training with the US 10th Infantry Division, which transferred for duty in West Germany in the summer of 1955.

In 1963, while working in Los Angeles for Bing Crosby Productions, he met Arleen Newman. On July 3, 1964, Crosby and Sheehan were divorced. Later that year, Crosby married Newman. The couple had three daughters, including: Erin Colleen Crosby, born February 25, 1971, in Los Angeles, and Kelly Lee Crosby. Crosby adopted Newman's daughter, Catherine Denise Crosby, from her first marriage to Mike Buell, which ended in divorce. Crosby and Newman divorced in 1991.

On December 11, 1989, Crosby's younger brother Lindsay died by suicide by gunshot.

Death Deeply distraught by his brother Lindsay's suicide and his own recent divorce, Crosby died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on May 4, 1991, in Novato, California, aged 56. On January 14, 2006, Crosby's former wife, Pat Sheehan, died at the age of 74.

Their son Dennis Michael Crosby Jr. died on January 15, 2010 of an overdose. Patrick Anthony Crosby, born New Year's Eve 1960, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on September 19, 2011, after a lengthy illness.

Family relations Son of Bing Crosby Brother of Phillip (twin), Gary and Lindsay Crosby Half-brother of Harry Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Crosby Nephew of the bandleader Bob Crosby Cousin of Chris Crosby Father of Denise Crosby

Discography

A Crosby Christmas (EP) – with Phillip Crosby, Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Bing Crosby (1950) The Crosby Brothers Presenting the Crosby Bros. (MGM, 1961)

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1945 Out of This World Himself 1945 Duffy's Tavern 1962 Sergeants 3 Pvt. Page