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Dean Paul Martin (November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987) was an American
United States

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 singer and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
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The son of the performer Dean Martin
Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
, he was "Dino" in the pop group Dino, Desi, & Billy
Dino, Desi, & Billy

Dino, Desi & Billy was a 1960s singer group featuring "Dino" Martin , Desi Arnaz, Jr. , and their friend Billy Hinsche. Hinsche went on to tour and record with the Beach Boys periodically throughout the '70s and beyond....
. He was only thirteen when he, Desi Arnaz Jr., and William "Billy" Hinsche
Billy Hinsche

William "Billy" Hinsche is an American musician who was part of the singing group Dino, Desi, & Billy. He also toured with The Beach Boys. His sister, Annie Hinsche-Wilson-Karges, was married to the group's guitarist, Carl Wilson....
 formed the trio. Oriented toward teenage girls, the group had a few minor hits between 1965 and 1968, landing in the Top 30 twice.

Martin later began to go by his given name Dean Paul instead of the nickname "Dino".






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Dean Paul Martin (November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 singer and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

The son of the performer Dean Martin
Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an United States singer, film actor and comedian of Italians descent. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s....
, he was "Dino" in the pop group Dino, Desi, & Billy
Dino, Desi, & Billy

Dino, Desi & Billy was a 1960s singer group featuring "Dino" Martin , Desi Arnaz, Jr. , and their friend Billy Hinsche. Hinsche went on to tour and record with the Beach Boys periodically throughout the '70s and beyond....
. He was only thirteen when he, Desi Arnaz Jr., and William "Billy" Hinsche
Billy Hinsche

William "Billy" Hinsche is an American musician who was part of the singing group Dino, Desi, & Billy. He also toured with The Beach Boys. His sister, Annie Hinsche-Wilson-Karges, was married to the group's guitarist, Carl Wilson....
 formed the trio. Oriented toward teenage girls, the group had a few minor hits between 1965 and 1968, landing in the Top 30 twice.

Martin later began to go by his given name Dean Paul instead of the nickname "Dino". He became a successful tennis player (he competed in a junior competition at Wimbledon) and actor. He appeared in the 1979
1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
 film Players
Players

Players is an United States Police procedural that aired on NBC from 1997-1998. Created by Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, the series starred Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Frank John Hughes, and Mia Korf....
, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
 as Best New Star of the Year — Male, and later starred in the TV series Misfits of Science
Misfits of Science

Misfits of Science is a short-lived US superhero fantasy television series that aired on NBC Fridays at 8 P.M. EST from October 1985 in television to February 1986 in television....
 which aired during the 1985-1986 television season.

Martin was also an avid pilot. He obtained his pilot's license at age 16 and earned his wings with the California Air National Guard
United States National Guard

The National Guard of the United States is a Military reserve force composed of U.S. state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive Military of the United States service for the United States ....
 in 1981.

Martin died in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom
F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic interceptor jet fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft....
 fighter jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino Mountains

The San Bernardino Mountains are a short Transverse Ranges mountain range northeast of Los Angeles, California in Southern California California in the United States....
 during a snowstorm, killing him and his WSO (Weapons Systems Officer), Ramon Ortiz. The singer Dean Martin never recovered from the loss of his son, retiring from show business a few years later.

Dean Paul Martin was married to and divorced from actress Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey is an England-Argentina actress best known for her Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress-winning role as Juliet Capulet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet ....
 (mother of his son, Alexander) and Olympic skating gold medalist Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy Stuart Hamill is an United States figure skating. She is the Figure skating at the 1976 Olympics....
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He is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery
Los Angeles National Cemetery

The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard....
, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs cemetery in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
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