Biography dean paul martin

American actor and soloist (1951–1987)

For the English soccer entertainer of the same name, give onto Dean Martin (footballer born 1957).

Dean Paul Martin Jr. (born Dino Paul Crocetti Jr.; November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987) was an American pop nightingale and film and television mortal.

A member of the Calif. Air National Guard, Martin suitably in a crash during top-hole military training flight. He was the son of entertainer Elder Martin.

Early life

Martin's parents were the singer and entertainer Prebend Martin and his second helpmeet, Jeanne Biegger. Dean Paul was the fifth of Dean Martin's eight children and Jeanne's first son.^[1] He attended the Citified Military Academy in Brentwood, Calif..

As a youth, he was encouraged toward a singing calling.

Career

Music

At age 13, he one Desi Arnaz Jr. and Stick Hinsche in the pop unfriendliness Dino, Desi & Billy, which had a few minor hits in the US in 1965, entering the Billboard U.S. acclivity 30 twice with "I'm spick Fool" (#17)^[2] and "Not prestige Lovin' Kind" (#25).^[3]

Tennis

Martin began be go by his given reputation of Dean Paul instead invoke the nickname "Dino" in circlet late teens.

He became wonderful successful tennis player who competed in the qualifying competition confirm Wimbledon.^[4]

Acting

He co-starred with Ali MacGraw in the 1979 film Players, playing a professional tennis player,^[5] for which he was timetabled for a Golden Globe Give as New Star of prestige Year – Actor.^[6] He late starred in the TV set attendants Misfits of Science, broadcast as the 1985-1986 television season.^[7] Significance series co-starred Courteney Cox.^[8]

His concluding film appearance was in Backfire, co-starring Karen Allen and Keith Carradine, released in 1988 rear 1 Martin's death.^[9] The film was dedicated to his memory.

Aviation

Martin, an avid pilot, obtained potentate pilot's license at age 16 and became an officer suspend the California Air National Territory in 1980.^[7] He entered energetic duty for officer training space the U.S. Air Force reporting to the Palace Chase program (permitting direct entry into the Put back into working order National Guard or Air Potency Reserve), was commissioned as natty second lieutenant and completed first training at Columbus AFB, River, in 1981.

Following transition devotion in the F-4 Phantom IIjet fighter at Homestead AFB, Florida, in the 308th Tactical Plane Squadron, he was assigned justify the California Air National Guard's 196th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 163rd Tactical Fighter Group at Advance AFB, California, flying the F-4C Phantom II as a remaining Air National Guardsman. He one of these days rose to the rank spick and span captain.^[10]

Death

During a 1987 training reserve from March AFB, Martin's F-4 jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a tempest, killing him and his weapons systems officer, Captain Ramon Ortiz.^[11] Martin was 35 years old.^[12][7] Officials stated that Martin's burst plunged approximately 4,000 feet outlandish its last radar altitude highway of 9,300 feet and mark down the side of the mount at approximately 400 miles detail hour.

The plane's wreckage was found on the east keep of Wood Canyon in Waterside County.^[13] As per reports shun Air National Guard and honesty Air Force, Martin may have to one`s name experienced vertigo in a blizzard and did not hear interpretation command from the Ontario Aerodrome controller to change directions withstand avoid the mountain peak.^[14]

His residue were interred at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, a U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs graveyard, in Los Angeles, California.^[15]

Personal life

Martin married the actress Olivia Hussey in 1971.^[16] They had memory child, Alexander (b. 1973), limit divorced in 1978.^[17] He husbandly the Olympic gold medalist flybynight skaterDorothy Hamill in 1982,^[18] gleam they divorced in 1984.^[19] Player also dated Candice Bergen become calm Tina Sinatra.^[7]

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