Background
Dennis was a son of Bing Crosby and his first wife Dixie Lee.
Dennis was a son of Bing Crosby and his first wife Dixie Lee.
He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose with his other brothers where he graduated in 1952 and subsequently enrolled at Washington State University at Pullman.
He was the father of actress Denise Crosby. While a young man, Crosby performed military service in Germany. On May 4, 1958, Crosby married Pat Sheehan, a Las Vegas showgirl and model who had once dated his father.
She was also Mission San Francisco of 1950, Playmate of the month of October 1958, and part-time actress.
The sensational lawsuit lasted three years and ended with Dennis being ordered to pay Scott child support and legal fees. Crosby and Sheehan had three sons: Gregory, Dennis Michael, Junior., and Patrick Anthony.
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, with whom he had three daughters, including Kelly Lee Crosby and Erin Colleen Crosby.
On December 11, 1989, Crosby"s younger brother Lindsay committed suicide by a shotgun blast to the head Deeply distraught by his brother"s death and his recent divorce, as well as grappling with alcoholism, Dennis Crosby committed suicide on May 4, 1991 in Novato, California, also with a shotgun age 56. On January 14, 2006, Dennis"s former wife, Pat Sheehan, died at the age of 74.
Their son Dennis Michael Crosby, Junior. died on January 15, 2010, and 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.