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Dean Martin Trivia
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- Son-in-Law was the late Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys (married to Dean's daughter Gina).
- Despite the name changes in his television shows, Dean's television career lasted 19 years: from 1965 to 1984.
- Dean is one of few actors that have received not just one, but TWO, stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for Motion Pictures at 6519 Hollywood Blvd., and one for Television at 6651 Hollywood Blvd.
- Much of the "booze" that he drank on stage during his famous "Rat Pack" performances was really apple juice. (Son Dean Paul Martin spilled this secret, after the variety show ended production, stating that his father couldn't have performed if he'd really drunk that much liquor.)
- When 20th Century-Fox fired Marilyn Monroe as his co-star in "Something's Got to Give" and then attempted to replace her with Lee Remick, he reminded the studio that he had contractual approval of his co-star, and refused to continue the project without Monroe. His act of loyalty eventually got Marilyn re-hired, but she died of a drug overdose before shooting on this never-finished film could resume.
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