Dean Paul Martin

Martin's parents were the singer and entertainer Dean Martin and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger. Dean Paul was the fifth of Dean Martin's eight children and Jeanne's eldest son. He attended the Urban Military Academy in Brentwood, California. As a youth, he was encouraged toward a singing career. ==Career==

Music At age 13, he joined Desi Arnaz Jr. and Billy Hinsche in the pop group Dino, Desi & Billy, which had a few minor hits in the US in 1965, entering the Billboard U.S. top 30 twice with "I'm a Fool" (#17) and "Not the Lovin' Kind" (#25). Tennis Martin began to go by his given name of Dean Paul instead of the nickname "Dino" in his late teens. He became a successful tennis player who competed in the qualifying competition for Wimbledon. Acting He co-starred with Ali MacGraw in the 1979 film Players, playing a professional tennis player, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year – Actor. He later starred in the TV series Misfits of Science, broadcast during the 1985–1986 television season. The series co-starred Courteney Cox. His final film appearance was in Backfire, co-starring Karen Allen and Keith Carradine, released in 1988 after Martin's death. The film was dedicated to his memory. Aviation Martin, an avid pilot, obtained his pilot's license at age 16 and became an officer in the California Air National Guard in 1980. , Tennessee. ==Death==

During a March 21, 1987, training mission from March AFB, Martin's F-4 jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm, killing him and his weapons systems officer, Captain Ramon Ortiz. Martin was 35 years old. Per reports from Air National Guard and the Air Force, Martin may have experienced vertigo in a snowstorm and did not hear the command from the Ontario Airport controller to change directions to avoid the mountain peak. His remains were interred at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs cemetery, in Los Angeles, California. ==Personal life==

Martin married the actress Olivia Hussey in 1971. The marriage produced one child. The couple divorced in 1978. He married the Olympic gold medalist ice skater Dorothy Hamill in 1982. They divorced in 1984. Martin also dated Candice Bergen and Tina Sinatra. He pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 and received probation for one year. ==References==