Hey pallies, likes today is one of the happiest days...indeed, if not the happiest day in all of Dino-history 'cause 60 years ago this very day, on November 17, 1951, our most beloved Dino's most beloved boypallie, Dino Martin Jr. was born to proud daddy-o Dino and mother Jeanne. Likes thinks of the pride our Dino had in namin' his first child by Jeanne after himself. Likes thinks of the hopes, the dreams our great man had for his little boy by givin' his new son his great name!
And, indeed our Dino's boypallie namesake certainly did live up to the takin' of his amazin' Daddy-o's tag...becomin' a hugely successful entertainer himself while just in his teens as part of the swingin' pop trio Dino, Desi, and Billy. Dino Jr. went on to acclaim as a tennis pro and football player, and found fame and fortune as an actor on both the small and big screens. And our Dino's golden boy also was golden when it came to bein' a pilot of jet airplanes.
Likes Dino Jr. had only one real problemo...he was so multi-talented likes his father, that he just couldn't decide which of his many interests to put the major accent of his life on.
One thin' for sure pallies, Dino Jr. was definitely gonna be heir apparent to the Dino-throne. And, of course all of that came to a crashin' end when Dino Jr. tragically crashed his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm on March 21, 1987.
Today we celebrate this happiest of happy days in our Dino's life as we remember and honor Dino Jr. on the 60th anniversary of his entry into family Martin. But, in the midst of our celebratin' we can't help but be sad as well as we know the Dino Jr. story turned out to break our lovin' Dino's lovin' heart as he never ever got over the death of his beloved namesake. Dino-honorin', DMP
Truly a bitter-sweet day pallie. None the less...I tip my hat & raise my glass to Dino Jr..He definately made his daddio proud! Salute Dino Jr.!
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Here's a great quote from Jeanne about Dean and Dino.. “Dean Paul was blonde, blue eyed, this spitting image of me. You can imagine…Dean, he just couldn’t believe it. He wouldn’t allow him to cry, he would just carry him all night if he had to. He just adored him” - Jeanne Martin
ReplyDeleteHey pallie, likes "Truly a bitter-sweet day" indeed Danny G.....keeps lovin' our Dino!
ReplyDeleteHey pallie, likes thanks ever so much Miss Caitlin for that most lovely quotation from Miss Jeanne...just wonderin' if you know the source? Woulda loves to read more of the mother's commentary. Thanks for postin' and keeps lovin' our Dino!
ReplyDeleteYes sir! It comes from an interview with Jeanne that was done for the e! true hollywood story on Dean. You can see it on youtube. It's towards the end of this clip, but if you haven't seen the whole thing I highly recommend it! Enjoy!
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Hey pallie, likes thanks ever so much Miss Caitlin for answerin' my Dino-quiry...indeed likes I have partaken of part of that outstandin' E! Dino-effort, but obviously not the whole event...many thanks for the link and I will certainly have to spend some time soakin' in the Dino-information! Keeps lovin' our Dino, and likes hopes to keeps hearin' Dino-thoughts from you ma'am!
ReplyDeleteThat day Dino heard they found the crashed plane would be the worst day of Dinos life, Ky told me once it took a few days to find the crash and Dean had to wait and wait for the bad news.
ReplyDeleteHey pallie, likes cool to hear from our Deanager Levi, and yes, our Ky has spoken the Dino-truth. Keeps lovin' our Dino!
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