Larry Crosby
Laurence Earl "Larry" Crosby (January 3, 1895 – February 7, 1975) was the long-time publicity director of his younger brother, singer Bing Crosby. He was the eldest of Bing's six siblings.
Larry Crosby | |
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| Born | Laurence Earl Crosby January 3, 1895 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1975 (aged 80) Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Relatives | Bing Crosby (brother) Bob Crosby (brother) |
The seven Crosby children were the four elder brothers Larry, Everett (1896–1966), Ted (1900–1973), and Harry Jr. (1903–1977, popularly known as Bing), two sisters Catherine (1905–1974) and Mary Rose (1907–1990), and the youngest sibling, brother Bob (1913-1993). His parents were English-American bookkeeper Harry Lillis Crosby Sr. (1871–1950) and Irish-American Catherine Helen "Kate" Harrigan (1873–1964), daughter of a builder from County Cork, Ireland.
Crosby managed the annual Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur (also called the Crosby Clambake; today known as the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) at Pebble Beach, California, near Monterey.
Starting in 1971, he was also the director of "Prisoners in Exchange for American Construction Enterprise (PEACE)", a group seeking better treatment of prisoners of war taken during the Vietnam War.
Crosby died of cancer in the Century City area of Los Angeles on February 7, 1975 at the age of 80.
References
- news.google, newspapers, Bangor Daily News, page 24, Larry Crosby, brother of Bing Crosby, dies of cancer, Feb 13, 1975
- Crosby, Ted; Crosby, Larry (2005) [1937], Bing, Whitefish, Montana, United States: Kessinger, ISBN 1-4179-8573-9
