Background
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.
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 Los Angeles
He was remembered by his friends for having a special laid back and clever wit like his father. 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 Vegas apartment after learning that the inheritance he relied on to support his family was gone.