Martin Dino

American actor, musician and tennis pro, noted family as the first son of Dean Martin and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger. He grew up in Beverly Hills with his pal, Desi Arnaz Jr. and when he was 13, the boys formed a rock group, "Dino, Desi and Billy." They put out a hit single in 1965 and the following year, released four albums. By 1968, he was in his first movie, and later did a TV series. In 1971, Dino married Elizabeth Hussey; they had one son, Maximillian, and later divorced. After a five-year courtship, he married Olympic skater Dorothy Hamill. They separated in September 1983 and later, also divorced. As a hobby, he was a gun collector and once, while carrying a pistol, was arrested for the illegal possession of a firearm, on 18 January 1974. A tennis buff, Dino turned pro in 1975, reaching the rank of world ranking pro in 1977. In November 1981, Dino graduated from the Air Force National Guard Flight school. He died instantly on 21 March 1987 at 1:55pm, when the Phantom jet fighter that he was piloting crashed into the San Bernardino mountains, California, during a snowstorm. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less