Dennis Crosby

Dennis Michael Crosby (July 13, 1934 - May 7, 1991) was an American actor, the son of singer and actor Bing Crosby, and the father of actress Denise Crosby. He committed suicide in 1991.

Dennis was the son of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee Crosby, Bing Crosby's first wife. In the late 1950's Dennis and his brothers often performed as the Crosby Brothers in nightclubs and on the Ed Sullivan Show, though Dennis Crosby reputedly wished to avoid such appearances.

While a young man Crosby performed military service in Germany.

In the 1950's he married Marilyn Miller Scott, and they had one daughter, Denise. In 1958 they divorced and Denise was the subject of a widely-reported and sensational paternity suit that caused deep embarrassment for both him and his famous father.

In 1963 while working for his father's record company, he met and later married Arlene Crosby, with whom he had three daughters.

On December 26, 1989, Crosby's younger brother Lindsay committed suicide by a shotgun blast to the head. Deeply distraught by his passing and reputedly grappling with alcoholism, Dennis Crosby committed suicide on May 7, 1991 in Novato, Califonia, also with a shotgun.