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On October 14, 1977, America lost a
great entertainer. Bing Crosby, 73,
died of a heart attack as he left the
9ighteenth hole of a golf course. His
last words were, "It was a great
game."

Bing was a singer who made 850
recordings including "White Christ-
mas," at almost 40 million copies.
He was an actor in comedy "Road"
and one of his serious roles was in
the movie "Going My Way."

He was a family man, after raising
four children with his first wife he
started all over again with Kathryn
Grant, 30 years his junior, produc-
ing three more.

He was however, first and always a
singer.

Groucho Marx, The Marx with the
cigar and the leer-jet comicgenius
died at the· age of 86.

Guy Lombardo, the bandleader
Comic · Freddie Prinze had been whose velvety "Auld Lang Syne"
cracking jokes for friends and Rang in 48 American New Years,
neighbors since he was a kid in the died right before Christmas at the
ghetto. He polished his lines and age of 75.
broke into television at the age of 19
and up until his death was an estab-
lished 'star in Chico· and the Man.
Though on the top it looked like ev-
erything was going well with the
young actor, he was experiencing
heartache after heartache. His fif-
teen month marriage was breaking
up, he had lost a lawsuit to his
former manager, and was due in
court for a minor drug charge. De-
pressed by these problems he in-
vited some of his friends over to
cheer. him up. Then after all but one
had left he took a 32-caliber auto-
matic pistol and put a bullet through
his head.
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