Dean Martin grieved his dead son and lived mostly housebound in depression.

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And then he went on about how much he missed him. It led me to wonder if Dean was trying to come out to me. Those moments were fuel to keep me going and made the job worthwhile. I always wished I had known him in his prime, but at this time of his life he suffered deep depression from the loss of his son who had died in a plane crash. He only left the house to work once a month in Vegas. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 121

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• SHARE: Any old-Hollywood fan would savor this portrait of late-life Dean Martin shut in his room, grieving his son Dean Paul.