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My Take
Dean Paul Martin's story always leaves me a little wistful. The son of a genuine icon, he refused to coast on the name, chasing music, acting, professional tennis, and finally a cockpit. That restless, all-in appetite for life is what I respect most, and it makes his death in a 1987 military training crash at thirty-five especially hard. He could have lived easily in his father's shadow; instead he literally took to the skies on his own terms. His was a short life, but a remarkably full one, and it reminds me that ambition is sometimes measured in courage rather than years.
Overview
Dean Paul Martin Jr. (born Dino Paul Crocetti Jr.; November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987) was an American pop singer and film and television actor. A member of the California Air National Guard, Martin died in a crash during a military training flight. He was the son of entertainer Dean Martin.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dean Paul Martin
- Name (Japanese)
- ディーン・ポール・マーティン
- Reading
- でぃーん・ぽーる・まーてぃん
- Born
- November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / military officer / singer / television actor / tennis player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- National Defense University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Paul%20Martin
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.