Editing Dean Martin (section)

==Personal life==
Martin was married three times. He wed Elizabeth Anne "Betty" McDonald, (July 14, 1922 – July 11, 1989) of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania in 1941. The couple had four children:{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=174}}
* Craig Martin (born 1942).
* Claudia Martin (March 16, 1944 – February 16, 2001).
* Gail Martin (born 1945).
* [[Deana Martin]] (born 1948).

Martin then married Dorothy Jean "Jeanne" Biegger (March 27, 1927 – August 24, 2016), a former [[Orange Bowl]] queen from [[Coral Gables, Florida]]. Their marriage lasted 24 years (1949–1973) and produced three children:{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=546}} 
* [[Dean Paul Martin]] (November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987).
* [[Ricci Martin]] (September 20, 1953 – August 3, 2016).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2016/music/people-news/ricci-martin-dead-musician-son-dean-martin-dies-1201832100/| title=Ricci Martin, Musician and Son of Dean Martin, Dies at 62| magazine=Variety| date=August 6, 2016| access-date=August 6, 2016}}</ref>
* Gina Martin (born 1956).

Less than a month after his second marriage had dissolved, Martin, at 55, married 26-year-old Catherine Hawn on April 25, 1973. Hawn had been the receptionist at the chic Gene Shacove hair salon in Beverly Hills.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=398}} They divorced November 10, 1976. He was also briefly engaged to [[Gail Renshaw]], [[Miss World]]–U.S. 1969.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|pp=392–394}} Eventually, Martin reconciled with Jeanne, though they never remarried.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Martin and Hawn had no biological children of their own, but Martin adopted Hawn's daughter, Sasha.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=413}} After their divorce, Martin had a brief relationship with model and longtime friend [[Pat Sheehan (model)|Patricia Sheehan]].<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books|LongDwAAQBAJ|page=49|plainurl=yes}} |title=Pat: A Biography of Hollywood's Blonde Starlet |first=Samuel |last=Clemens |publisher=Sequoia Press |year=2020 |page=49 |isbn=978-0-5786-8282-2}}</ref>

Martin's uncle was [[Leonard Barr]], who appeared in several of his shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/epitaphs/13.htm|title=Famous Epitaph on Dean Martin tomb stone|publisher=Famousquotes.me.uk|access-date=November 4, 2012}}</ref> In the 1960s and early 1970s Martin lived at [[363 Copa De Oro Road]] in Bel Air, Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite book| title=The Movieland Directory: Nearly 30,000 Addresses of Celebrity Homes, Film Locations and Historical Sites in the Los Angeles Area, 1900-Present| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIEwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111| date=August 10, 2010| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-1-4766-0432-9| page=111}}</ref> before selling it to [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] for $500,000 in June 1976.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/8000-semi-6m-bel-air-8631385| title=From the £8,000 semi to $6m Bel Air mansion, inside the houses Sir Tom Jones has called home| newspaper=[[Media Wales|Wales Online]]| date=February 12, 2015| first=Nathan| last=Bevan| access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

Martin's son-in-law was [[the Beach Boys]]' [[Carl Wilson]], who married Martin's daughter Gina.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=435}} Figure skater [[Dorothy Hamill]] and actress [[Olivia Hussey]] were his daughters-in-law during their marriages to Martin's son, Dean Paul Martin.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|pp=400, 433}} Craig, Martin's elder son, was married to [[Lou Costello]]'s daughter Carole (1938–1987) until her death from a stroke at age 48.{{sfn|Tosches|1992|p=389}}

Dean Martin bred [[Andalusian horse]]s at his Hidden Valley Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr6Ha-SjN6Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Nr6Ha-SjN6Y| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Den Martin & His Rare Andalusian Horses - Beautiful!|publisher=YouTube|date=September 16, 2009|access-date=October 17, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Martin volunteered to perform fundraisers for the [[Bergson Group]] in the late 1940s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+S.S.+Ben+Hecht%3A+a+Jewish+refugee+ship+that+changed+history.-a0189831885 |last=Medoff |first=Rafael |title=The S.S. Ben Hecht: a Jewish refugee ship that changed history |publisher=Theoror Hertzl Foundation |via=The Free Library |date=November 1, 2008 |access-date=July 20, 2021 }}</ref>

Although a Republican, Martin supported Democratic candidate [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964.<ref>Jet, October 1, 1964</ref>

===Illness and death===
[[File:Dean Martin Grave.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Crypt of Dean Martin, at [[Westwood Memorial Park]]]]
Martin, a lifelong heavy smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in September 1993. He was told that he would require surgery to prolong his life, but he rejected it. Martin retired from public life in early 1995 and died of [[Respiratory failure|acute respiratory failure]] resulting from [[emphysema]] at his Beverly Hills home on Christmas Day, 1995, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/26/movies/dean-martin-pop-crooner-and-comic-actor-dies-at-78.html |title=Dean Martin, Pop Crooner And Comic Actor, Dies at 78 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 26, 1995}}</ref> The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. Martin is interred at the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corwin |first1=Miles |last2=Ferrell |first2=David |date=December 29, 1995 |title=Dean Martin Laid to Rest as Stars Avoid Media |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-29-me-19051-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> The crypt features the epitaph "[[Everybody Loves Somebody|Everybody loves somebody sometime]]", the first line of his signature song.{{sfn|Martin|Smith|2002|p=239}}