Dean Martin

Dean had many unusual jobs though out his life, he was once a boxer named Kid Crochet.

At school Dean was the target of a lot of ridicule for the way he talked with his broken English.

Dean spoke only Italian until the age of five.

Dean was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1993.

When Dean was onstage he played to easy going happy go lucky guy, but off stage his friends said he was quiet and reserved.

San Antonio, Texas fell in love with Dean so much that they named a street after him.

Dean under went rhinoplasty when he turned 27 years old.

Dean died exactly 29 years after his grandmother who also died on December 25 in 1966.

Dean grandparents were Gaetano and Angella Croceti. Dean was born in Ohio but spoke fluent Italian until he turned 5 years old.

Dean was buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angles, California. His tombstone reads Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.

Dean would marry 3 times and father 8 children: Elizabeth Anne McDonald on October 2, 1941 and divorced her in 1949, Jeanne Martin on September 1, 1949 and was again divorced on February 14, 1973, and Catherine Hawn in 1973 but ended up divorced again in 1976.

The Rat Pack did a movie together in 1960 called Ocean's Eleven. Dean was a part of that.

Dean had his trademark like many actors do. His was a cigarette and a glass of alcohol every time he did a night club act.

Amongst Dean's odd jobs he was a steel mill laborer, gas station attendant, prizefighter, and a card shark.

Dean was 5'11" tall.

Many refer to Dean as Dino or King Leer.