Kathryn Crosby injured, second husband killed in car crash
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Bing Crosby's Widow Recovering After Traffic Crash
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
RENO, Nev. December 2, 2010 (AP)
Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering after being flown
to a hospital with major injuries following a deadly traffic crash
last month in the Sierra Nevada.
Kathryn Crosby, 77, was hurt and her husband, Maurice William
Sullivan, 85, was killed in the Nov. 4 single-vehicle wreck on U.S. 50
east of Placerville, Calif., California Highway Patrol spokesman Dan
Stark said Thursday.
Kathryn Crosby, who has homes in Genoa and Hillsborough, Calif., was
flown to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.
Hospital spokesman Dan Davis said Thursday the former actress is not
currently listed as a patient.
"This can mean either this patient is no longer here or they have
chosen to keep their protected health information private and do not
want it released," he said.
Sullivan was westbound when his vehicle left the roadway, struck a
large boulder and rolled many times, ejecting him, Start said. The
cause of the crash has not been determined, and an investigation
continues.
"We may do some follow-up with her (Kathryn Crosby) to determine the
events that led up to the accident," Stark said, adding he had no
details on her injuries or update on her condition.
Robert Bader, vice president of marketing and production for Bing
Crosby Enterprises, said Thursday that Kathryn Crosby was "doing well"
at a hospital, but he did not elaborate.
Kathryn Crosby's family did not return phone calls seeking comment.
She and the crooner, best known for "White Christmas" and the "road"
movies he made with Bob Hope, were married for nearly 20 years before
his 1977 death at age 74. She was his second wife.
In recent years Kathryn Crosby has staged a cabaret act in which she
sang Bing Crosby hits, and has appeared in a "Legendary Bing Crosby"
documentary shown on PBS stations across the country.
Bing Crosby was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th
century, a huge star on stage, radio, movies and television. His
recording of "White Christmas" was for decades the biggest-selling
single of all time.
Kathryn Crosby and Sullivan married in 2000.
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Hyfler/Rosner
> This story, dated December 2, just came to my attention today.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12299324
> Bing Crosby's Widow Recovering After Traffic Crash
> By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
> RENO, Nev. December 2, 2010 (AP)
>
> Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering after being flown
> to a hospital with major injuries following a deadly traffic crash
> last month in the Sierra Nevada.
>
>
Bizarre that I mentioned her yesterday. Frankly, I wouldn't have been
so catty about her plastic surgery if I had known this.
I think.
Michael O'Connor
> > Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering after being flown
> > to a hospital with major injuries following a deadly traffic crash
> > last month in the Sierra Nevada.
>
> Bizarre that I mentioned her yesterday. Frankly, I wouldn't have been
> so catty about her plastic surgery if I had known this.
>
> I think.
I saw her interviewed on TV last week when the MLB Network played the
1960 World Series Game 7 broadcast film that Bing had hidden in his
wine cellar.
Kris Baker
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Yes, you would have. 'cos she looks like The Cat Woman.
You'd probably have said something like "she had the plastic
surgery too soon" ;)
But the crash happened on Nov 4th, and now she's "being flown"?
It happened on US-50, west of Placerville (downhill, going
into Sacramento). He was 85...and driving. Yikes.
Kris
Kris Baker
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Was it a pre-taped appearance, or had she recovered from the
accident? The reporting on this is curious, to say the least.
The "icky plastic surgery" images we're seeing online, are from
2003. I can't imagine 7 years later.
Kris
Michael O'Connor
> I saw her interviewed on TV last week when the MLB Network played the
> 1960 World Series Game 7 broadcast film that Bing had hidden in his
> wine cellar.
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Was it a pre-taped appearance, or had she recovered from the
> accident? The reporting on this is curious, to say the least.
>
It must have been pre-taped.
SJC
PAGE based in Missouri. I was a member. It was a longlived and quite
successful[:)! forum.
].
But the family and the host site apparantly were what shut it down. It
does have the current incarnatin online, Bing Crosby Free Speech Fan
Forum, where I post..referring to the avoidance of board monitoring
that happened on the successive previous ones.
Anyway--Bing's son Howard, was a member of the original board. So were
biographers Arne Fogel, Steven Lewis [the founder of the site], Will
Friedwald, and even the Crosby recenet biographer Gary Giddins!!!!