Dean Martin
January 22, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
photo credit: Mori Claudia “The king of cool,” as he was known to his friends, was one of the best golfers among Las Vegas celebrities. To his children, the legendary crooner was “just a laid back golfer who cherished family life.”
“Sometimes Uncle Frank (Sinatra) would walk through the door but dad was just a golfer at heart,” Martin’s daughter said. “Dad was really ordinary, he was not the movie-star type.”
Martin’s daughter said that a typical day for her dad was an “early round of golf, an afternoon of gin-the card game-dinner with the family and television in the evening.”
Dean Martin made several appearances on the popular television series Shells Wonderful World of Golf. During a match against Sam Snead, Martin was beaten by one shot. Maybe the “king of cool” missed his calling.
