Dixie Lee was born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee on November 4, 1909. She met Crosby at the age of 20 and they married on September 29, 1930. They had four sons: Gary ; twins Phillip and Dennis ; and Lindsay. Lindsay and Dennis both committed suicide as adults.
About Dixie Lee in brief
Dixie Lee was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby. She was born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee on November 4, 1909. She met Crosby at the age of 20 and they married on September 29, 1930. They had four sons: Gary ; twins Phillip and Dennis ; and Lindsay. Lindsay and Dennis both committed suicide as adults, Lindsay in 1989 and Dennis in 1991. Dixie Lee made two appearances on the Shell Chateau radio program in 1935 and she made three more films. Her most notable film is probably Love in Bloom. Her last film was Redheads on Parade, but the reviews were mediocre.
She died from ovarian cancer on November 1, 1952, three days before her 43rd birthday. In January 1951, Press reports indicated that Crosby had recently moved back into his Holmby Hills home with Dixie. Crosby was subsequently persuaded to take part in his radio show on December 20, 1950, her first appearance on radio since 1936. She recorded two duets with her husband recorded on August 19, 1936 – A Fine Romance and The Way You Look Tonight.
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