Lindsay Crosby
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Lindsay Crosby | |
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 The four Crosby brothers-(L-R) Dennis, Gary, Lindsay and Phillip in 1959. | |
| Born | Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, Sr. January 5, 1938 |
| Died | December 11, 1989 (aged 51) |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara D. Fredrickson (1960-1962) Janet Sue Schwartze (1966-1967) Susan Marlin (1968-1978) |
| Children | David Crosby Adam C. Crosby (b. 1982) Sean Crosby Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby Jr. (b. 1969) Kevin Crosby (b. 1970) |
| Parent(s) | Bing Crosby (1903-1977) Dixie Lee (1911-1952) |
Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, Sr. (January 5, 1938 – December 11, 1989) was an American actor and singer.
Early life
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Lindsay Crosby, son of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee, was born in California and named for his father's closest friend and horse racing partner, Lindsay Howard. He was educated at Loyola High School, Los Angeles. He was remembered by his friends for having a special laid back and clever wit like his father. He performed with his brothers Gary, Dennis and Phillip Crosby as the Crosby Boys during the late 1950s in nightclubs and on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Death
The Crosby Boys own inability to cope blighted their lives. They were greatly affected by their father's alleged emotional and physical abuse and mother's decline into alcoholism and a premature death from cancer. Heavy drinking and their emotional problems took their toll. Lindsay died from a self-inflicted rifle shot to the head. He was 51. A family spokeswoman said Crosby shot himself to death in a Las Virgenes apartment after learning that the inheritance he relied on to support his family was gone.[1] His distraught brother, Dennis, never recovered from Lindsay's death and also committed suicide with a shotgun in May 1991.
Family relations
- Brother of Phillip and Dennis (twins) and Gary Crosby.
- Half-sibling of Harry Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Crosby.
- Nephew of the bandleader Bob Crosby.
- Cousin of Cathy Crosby and Chris Crosby (singer).
- Uncle of Denise Crosby,
References
External links
- Lindsay Crosby at Apacheland Movie Ranch
- Lindsay Crosby at IMDb
- Lindsay Crosby at Find a Grave
- Lindsay Crosby Suicide Laid to End of Inheritance Income , latimes.com; accessed January 27, 2016.
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- 1938 births
- 1989 deaths
- Male actors from California
- American male actors who committed suicide
- American male singers
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American male television actors
- Era Records artists
- Singers from California
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
- RCA Victor artists
- Suicides by firearm in Nevada
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American singers