ended in divorce. Crosby and Newman divorced in 1991. On December 11, 1989, Crosby's younger brother Lindsay committed suicide by gunshot. Death Deeply distraught by his brother Lindsay's suicide and his own recent divorce, Crosby died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on May 4, 1991, in Novato, California, aged 56. On January 14, 2006, Crosby's former wife, Pat Sheehan, died at the age of 74. Their son Dennis Michael Crosby Jr. died on January 15, 2010, and Patrick Anthony Crosby (born New Year's Eve 1960), died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on September 19, 2011, after a lengthy illness. Family relations Son of Bing Crosby Brother of Phillip (twin), Gary and Lindsay Crosby Half-brother of Harry Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Crosby Nephew of the bandleader Bob Crosby Cousin of Chris Crosby Father of Denise Crosby, Gregory Crosby, father-in-law of Spice Williams-Crosby Filmography References External links 1934 births Male actors from Los Angeles American expatriates in Germany American male film actors American people of English descent American people of Irish descent American male television actors Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Suicides by firearm in California American twins Washington State University alumni 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American singers Bing Crosby 1991 suicides United States Army soldiers 20th-century American male singers