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Ding crosby is a father who is usual -ly
right in his sons' opinions. Ex
cept, that is, when he tells people that
despite his years of success in Holly
wood, he has failed in his most import
ant role that of a father.
"I gave them too much work, too
much discipline, too much money, and
too little attention," he recently told an
interviewer. The result, he lamented,
was that his boys Gary, 25, twins
Philip and Dennis, 24, and Lindsay, 21
have been embroiled in frequent
trouble, ranging from drunken driving
charges to an illegitimate child.
Bing had no sooner sounded this sour
note when his boys did the unusual
they "talked back." Their rebuttal,
however, was not in defense of them
selves but of Dad. He was tops, they
agreed, even when criticizing them
publicly for their shortcomings.
Only Gary exhibited any peevish
ness. At first he denied knowing about
the interview which made headlines all
over the country. Finally, he snapped,
"Why don't you talk to the twins?
They have something nice to say about
everybody in the world."
Gary, unlike his brothers, had been
hurt by his father's statements. He felt
they were directed primarily at him.
Commenting on this, Philip said, "He
and Dad always get along well to
gether. Gary's Irish temper must have
gotten the better of him."
For the most part, though, the boys
confined their remarks to what a fine
father Bing has been. "He was always
there when we needed him," says
Philip. "Like when I got hurt in a car
accident in Washington. Dad was in
Gary
the middle of a picture, but he took
right off and flew north to be with me
a whole week!"
Dennis insists Bing always encour
aged them to discuss their problems
with him. "If we didn't sometimes, it
was because we felt he had enough
troubles without ours."
He isn't specific about these "trou
bles," but the boys were all old enough
to understand their father's feelings
of frustration and loneliness after the
death of Dixie Lee Crosby in 1952.
Dennis also points out that Bing has
always striven to make the boys in
dependent "He told us many times
that he was responsible for us only till
we were 21."
The record speaks for itself. The
boys stayed clear of headlines while
they were under Bing's jurisdiction.
Or, as Dennis puts it bluntly, "If we
made the wrong decisions and got into
trouble after that, how can anyone
blame Dad for it? We don't"
Lindsay adds, "I don't know of many
fathers who gave more consideration
to their children. Certainly he had to
be away a good deal of the time. But
what about all those Summers we
spent together? Two months on the
ranch at Elko, another month at
Hayden Lake in Idaho? And after
Mom died, he took me to Europe for
nine months. I don't understand how
he can tell people now he didn't give
us enough of his time."
Curiously, it was Gary who inad
vertently commented on one of Bing's
complaints before it was ever made
public that he had spoiled his sons
with money. "When I was a boy, Dad
made me do all sorts of chores around
the house without paying me a cent,
just so I wouldn't expect to get paid for
everything I did. I wouldn't call that
being 'spoiled rotten' with money."
The three younger brothers concur.
"We got $5 a week allowance in high
school and $60 a month in college,"
comments Philip, "I think that's about
average for most students."
The boys acknowledge Bing's strict
ness, but don't feel it did them any
harm. "Sure we got a whipping once
in a while," Philip says. "So what?"
Dennis concedes their father wanted
them home comparatively early on
school nights and warned against
smoking and drinking. "But not so
much as to make us rebel or go over
board the other way."
Philip adds that Bing always wanted
to meet their dates frequently Las
Vegas showgirls but never objected
to any. Philip married a Tropica na
cutie, Sandra Drummond, and Dennis
another girl from the same chorus, Pat
Sheehan, who once dated Bing. The
twins say their father knew of the
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