In 1930, Crosby and Lee married. The couple would have four sons together; Gary, born in 1933; twin boys Phillip and Dennis, born in 1934; and Lindsay, born in 1938. Like father, like sons, all of the Crosby boys went into entertainment. Together they formed The Crosby Boys (posted on YouTube). But fame brought trouble, as they all suffered with alcohol addiction. Their mother died in 1952. Crosby would remarry however, and have more children.
In 1957, Crosby got hitched for his second and last time to Kathryn Grandstaff. The couple had three children: a son named Harry, born in 1958; a daughter, Mary born in 1959; and another son, Nathaniel, born in 1961.
In 1977, Crosby died from a heart attack in Spain. He was survived by all of his children at the time of his death, but sadly there’s a major stump in the family tree with the deaths of four of his sons — all from his first marriage. Lindsay, his youngest son with Dixie Lee, committed suicide in 1989 (via Buffalo News). Two years later, Dennis also committed suicide (via The Washington Post). In 1995, Crosby’s first child died of cancer (via another Washington Post link). Then in 2004, the other twin, Phillip, also died by the same cause of death that killed his father, per The New York Times.
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