BRIAN CROSBY: A FORGOTTEN CROSBY

I am sure that Brian Crosby is not forgotten to his family, but he is forgotten to Bing's loyal fans. Brian was 18-year-old grandson of Bing Crosby. He was killed shortly after Bing's death on October 14, 1977. Brian Patrick Crosby died on August 19, 1978. He died in a motorcycle crash in Beverly Hills after running a red light and being chased by a police car, according to authorities. He was the son of Phillip Crosby, one of the singers four children by his first marriage. Brian is buried right next to his father....

I reached out to his young half-brother Phil Crosby Jr, who did not really remember Brian, but he had this to say: "Yeah my theory or what I may have heard from my dad or someone in the family was that if he got caught high on anything one more time he would have been kicked off the football team. And that would have been the only way to disappoint my dad." 

I would love to learn more about Brian and his short life. If you have any details let me know...

49 YEARS AGO

49 years ago the music stopped. On this date in 1977, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Bing played 18 holes of golf. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piñero; their opponents were club president Cesar de Zulueta and Valentin Barrios. 

At about 6:30 pm, Crosby collapsed about 20 yards from the clubhouse entrance and died instantly from a massive heart attack. 

On October 18, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood, Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist of the 20th century, having sold over one billion records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads around the world...