My journey ends here...
MARTIN Dean
Born Dino Paul CROCETTI.
Date of birth : June 7, 1917, Steubenville, Ohio.
Date of death : December 25, 1995, Beverly Hills, California.
Addresses 511 North Maple Drive, Beverly
Hills
363 Copa De Oro Road, Bel
Air, California.
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His parents were Gaetano Alfonso "Guy" Crocetti (December 15, 1894, Italy-August 20, 1967, California)
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Ohio-December 25, 1966, California)(
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On October 2, 1941 he married Elizabeth "Betty" Anne McDonald (July 14, 1922, Pennsylvania-July 11, 1989,
California)(
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They had 4 children :
* Deana (born on August 19, 1948, New York)(
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* Craig (born on June 29, 1942)(
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* Claudia (March 16, 1944, Pennsylvania-February 16, 2001, Nevada)(
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* Gail (born on April 1, 1945)(
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He married on September 1st, 1949 Jeanne Biegger (March 27, 1927, Florida-August 24, 2016, California)
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* Dean Paul (November 17, 1951, California-March 21, 1987, California)(
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)* Ricci James (September 20, 1953, California-August 3, 2016, Utah)(
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)* Gina Caroline (born on December 20, 1956)(
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His last spouse was Catherine Mae Hawn (born on November 30, 1947) he married on April 25, 1973
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He began his career in 1950
as a charm singer in a duet with Jerry Lewis 
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.February 24, 1953, he participated to the prize-giving of the "Best Young Box Office Personality" from Redbook
magazine, to Marilyn 
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On November 24, 1954, he attended the wedding of the actors Pier Angeli and Vic Damon 
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Golf tournament, at the Hillcrest Country Club 
At the Villa Capri restaurant 
March 17, 1955, at the Friars Club, New York City
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1957, party with Frank Sinatra 
60's, he worked alone and became member of the Sinatra's team, the Rat Pack.
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In 1960, he shot "Who Was That Lady?" 
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In 1961, Marilyn was in Los Angeles and often met him and his wife Jeanne.
On June 7, 1961, he attended Sinatra's show at the Sands, in Las Vegas
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August 1961, on the yacht of Romanoff, with Sinatra and Marilyn, Newport Beach, Ca 
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He was Marilyn's partner in "Something's Got to Give".
Pictures off set
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Marilyn's birthday
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Pictures of the shooting
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He courageously supported her when the Fox dismissed her and replaced her by Lee Remick; so he invoked one of his contract clause stipulating that he could refuse his partner and claimed he wouldn't shot the movie without Marilyn. The Fox sued him, he sued the Fox in his turn, and the shooting could start again, mainly because of his intransigence.
After Marilyn had been re hired, she made 2 movie projects with him : a comedy "I Love Louisa" and a detective movie, with no title at the moment, in which the whole team of the Rat Pack would appear.on the set of "Kiss Me, Stupid", of Billy Wilder 
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1962, shooting of a publicity with Frank
Sinatra and Peter Lawford, "Sargeants Three" 
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1963, he attended a party with Sammy Davis Jr, Paul Newman and Robert Mitchum, among others
1964, he participated to a party organized by Frank Sinatra in honor of the composer Irving Berlin, at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel 
1965, en route for the Dodger Stadium, with
Milton Berle and Jack Benny 
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1967, at a golf course 
1969, party "Airport" 
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other party 
On April 25, 1973, he married Catherine Mae .
He died on December 25, 1995 (
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