1. Laurence Earl Crosby was the long-serving publicity director of his younger brother, Bing Crosby, a manager, a philanthropist, an inventor, and an author.
18 Facts About Larry Crosby
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The seven Crosby children were the four elder brothers Larry, Everett, Ted, and Bing, two sisters Catherine and Mary Rose, and the youngest sibling, brother Bob.
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Larry Crosby's parents were English-American bookkeeper Harry Lillis Crosby Sr.
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Larry Crosby served in the United States Army during World War I Larry Crosby attended an officers' training camp at the Presidio, San Francisco.
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Larry Crosby married Elaine Catherine Couper on May 4,1926, in Wallace, Idaho.
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In 1946, Larry updated the book to 239 pages and was released as The Story of Bing Crosby, Larry had the foreword done by Bob Hope for the new book.
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Larry Crosby has a daughter named, Molly Manning Crosby.
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Larry Crosby died of cancer in the Century City area of Los Angeles on February 7,1975, at the age of 80.
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Larry Crosby is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.
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Larry Crosby published the book Crosby Genealogy about the Crosby family tree.
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Larry Crosby was president of The Crosby Foundation established 1902.
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Larry Crosby managed the annual Bing Larry Crosby National Pro-Amateur at Pebble Beach, California, near Monterey.
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So, Larry Crosby arranged for all the royalties from the recording to be given to charity.
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California Historical Resources Commission voted to nominate the Bing Larry Crosby Building for the listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
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Bing and Larry Crosby set up a recording studio in Bing's ranch house in Elko, Nevada.
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Ampex and Bing Larry Crosby Enterprises worked together on the first video tape recorder.
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Bing used two Magnetophon to audio record the Larry Crosby Show, working with Jack Mullin as Chief Engineer.
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On 11 November 1951 Ampex and Bing Larry Crosby Enterprises demonstrated the first playback from the prototype BCE Mark I recorder at 360 ips.