Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio. Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis, in 1946. Martin established himself as a notable singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. Martin was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together formed the Rat Pack. He had four children before his marriage to Anne McDonald ended in 1952. He died of lung cancer on December 17, 2011.
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Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio. Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis, in 1946. Martin established himself as a notable singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. Starting in 1965, Martin was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show, which centered on Martin’s singing and comedic talents. Martin was roastmaster on the popular Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, which drew notable celebrities, comedians and politicians. Martin’s relaxed, warbling, crooning voice earned him dozens of hit singles, including his signature songs \”Memories Are Made of This\”, \”That’s Amore” and “Everybody Loves Somebody” Martin was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together formed the Rat Pack. He was married to Elizabeth McDonald for a while while in Cleveland, Ohio, before the marriage ended in 1949. He had four children before his marriage to Anne McDonald ended in 1952. He died of lung cancer on December 17, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Anne McDonald, and his four children, all of whom were born in the 1950s and 1960s. His funeral was held on December 18, 2011, at the Coney Island Auditorium in New York City, where he had a long-standing relationship with his former nightclub partner, Jerry Lewis.
He also had a son with his second wife, Mary Ann, who died of cancer in 2010. He has a daughter with his third wife, Barbara. He and his wife had a daughter together in 2011, but she died in a car accident in 2012. His son and daughter-in-law died in 2012, and he died in 2013, at age 89, at a nursing home in New Jersey, where they had been married for more than 30 years. Martin had a brother named William Alfonso Crocetti, who was a barber. His father was originally from Montesilvano, Abruzzo. His mother’s origins are also believed to be from Abruzzi, although they are not clearly known. His first language was Italian and he did not speak English until he started school at the age of five. He worked as a croupier at a speakeasy and a blackjack dealer, and was a welterweight boxer. His prizefighting earned him a broken nose, a scarred lip, many broken knuckles, and a bruised body. Martin gave up boxing to work as a roulette stickman andcroupier in an illegal casino behind a tobacco shop. He got his break working for the Ernie McKay Orchestra. He sang in a crooning style influenced by Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers and Perry Como. Martin and Lewis formed a friendship which led to their participation in each other’s acts and a music-comedy team. The pair’s debut together occurred at Atlantic City’s 500 Club on July 24, 1946.
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