Hollywood Star Walk obituaries

Bing Crosby dies

On Oct. 15, 1977, The Times re­por­ted that Bing Crosby, who began life as a penny-grub­bing gram­mar school tru­ant and sang and ac­ted his way to riches and in­to the hearts of mil­lions all over the world, died of a heart at­tack at a golf course just out­side Mad­rid.