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Dean Martin destroyed vintage car in McDonald’s drive-thru while getting burger for Bing Crosby’s grandson

close Video Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin's 1966 brawl still raises questions: author Author Scott Huver explores the little-known case in his book, "Beverly Hills Noir: Crime, Sin, & Scandal in 90210." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In the early days of fast-food drive-thrus, Rat Pack legend Dean Martin once destroyed an expensive vintage car trying to get a burger for his girlfriend’s son. Phil Crosby Jr., Bing Crosby’s grandson, told Fox News Digital about how his mother once dated and was even engaged to Martin — who always called him "the kid" — following her "tumultuous" marriage to the "White Christmas" singer’s son, Phil Crosby Sr."I was almost Dean Martin's stepson," he said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

Dean Martin destroyed vintage car in McDonald’s drive-thru while getting burger for Bing Crosby’s grandson

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Key Highlights

  • "So, if that had happened, I would have grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth, but that didn't happen." Crosby said he was very young at the time his mom, Peggy Crosby, now 85, began seeing the "That’s Amore" singer after meeting him at a club where she worked, following her short-lived marriage to Crosby.
  • ‘BRADY BUNCH’ STAR MAUREEN MCCORMICK SHARES KEY TO SUCCESSFUL 40-YEAR HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGE Old family photo of Dean Martin with girlfriend Peggy Crosby and her son, Phil Crosby Jr.
  • (Phil Crosby Jr) "And I think my mother, she wasn't really ready [to be married again]," Crosby said of their eventual breakup.
  • "She was still a young, beautiful woman.
  • She's still a beautiful woman." He said that Martin, who was 23 years older than his mother, "was very on in years" at the time they dated.
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