Lindsay Crosby
Lindsay Harry Crosby (
5 January 1938-
11 December 1989) was an
American actor and
singer.
He was born in
California and was educated with his three brothers at
Bellarmine Academy in
Santa Clara. He performed with his brothers
Gary,
Dennis and
Phillip Crosby as
the Crosby Boys during the late
1950s in nightclubs and on the "
Ed Sullivan Show" on
American television.
* He was the fourth son of the
actor and
singer Bing Crosby and his first wife, the
singer Dixie Lee.
* He was the nephew of the bandleader
Bob Crosby.
* His elder brothers were
Gary Crosby,
Dennis Crosby and
Phillip Crosby.
* His half-siblings were
Harry Crosby,
Nathaniel Crosby and
Mary Crosby.He was married three times:
* 1) Barbara Frederickson (
1960-
1962); one son David Crosby
* 2) Janet Schwartze (
1965-
1967); one son Sean Crosby
* 3) Susan Marlin (
1969-
1978); one son L.Chip Crosby Jr.
The Crosby Boys had a promising start to life, but the pressures of showbusiness and their own inability to cope, blighted their lives. They were greatly affected by their mother's decline into
alcoholism and a premature death from
cancer. Heavy drinking and their emotional problems took their toll. On
December 11,
1989, Lindsay
committed suicide by a shotgun blast to his head. He was 51. His distraught brother
Dennis never recovered from this trauma. He also
committed suicide with a shotgun in
May 1991, aged
56.
Gary later died from
cancer in
1995, aged
62 and
Phillip died from a
heart attack in
2004, aged
70.
