Larry Crosby

Larry Crosby
Born	Laurence Earl Crosby January 3, 1895 Tacoma, Washington
Died	February 7, 1975(1975-02-07) (aged 80) Century City, Los Angeles, California
Parent(s)	Harry Lowe Crosby Catherine Helen Harrigan
Relatives	Bing Crosby (brother)

Laurence Earl "Larry" Crosby (January 3, 1895 – February 7, 1975) was long-time publicity director of singer Bing Crosby. He was eldest of Bing's six siblings. Born Laurence Crosby 1895 in Tacoma, Washington.

The seven Crosby children were brothers Larry (1895–1975), Everett (1896–1966), Ted (1900–1973), Bob, and Harry (1903–1977, popularly known as Bing Crosby), and sisters Catherine (1905–1974), and Mary Rose (1907–1990). His parents were English-American bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby (1871–1950) and Irish-American Catherine Helen "Kate" Harrigan (1873–1964), daughter of a builder from County Cork, in Ireland.

Larry managed annual Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, or also called Crosby Clambake, now called AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, California, near Monterey.

Starting in 1971 Larry was also director of "Prisoners in Exchange for American Construction Enterprise —PEACE" a group seeking better treatment of prisoners of Vietnam War.

Larry died of cancer in Century City, California at age of 80.

References

• news.google, newspapers, Bangor Daily News, page 24, Larry Crosby, brother of Bing Crosby, dies of cancer, Feb 13, 1975
• Crosby, Ted; Crosby, Larry (2005) [1937], Bing, Whitefish, Montana, United States: Kessinger, ISBN 1-4179-8573-9