In this Jan. 21, 1949 file photo, big band singer Margaret Whiting is flanked by Jerry Lewis, left, and Dean Martin at the Hollywood Brown Derby on in

Hey pallies, today ilovedinomartin sends it's sympathy to the family, friends, and fans of big band singer Margaret Whiting who died Monday, Jan 10, 2011 at the age of 86. 'Nother great contempory of our Dino has passed on as the ranks gets thinner and thinner of those who were blessed to experience bein' in the livin' presence of our Dino.

Does think that it is very cool that the pallies at the Associated Press have chosen to favor us with this amazin' pix from January 21, 1949 of our Dino and the kid with Miss Whiting in sharin' the news of her death. To view this in it's original format at Yahoo Photos, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post.

Woulda likes be so cool to know what sort of patter our Dino had with Miss Whiting at the Brown Derby. Dino-rememberin', DMP





Big band singer Margaret Whiting
In this Jan. 21, 1949 file photo, big band singer Margaret Whiting is flanked by Jerry Lewis, left, and Dean Martin at the Hollywood Brown Derby on in Los Angeles. Whiting, the sweet-voiced singer who sold millions of records in the 1940s and 1950s with sentimental ballads such as 'Moonlight in Vermont' and 'It Might As Well Be Spring,' died Monday, Jan 10, 2011 at the age of 86.
(AP Photo/File)