October 29th, 1976. RCA Studio C in Hollywood. A veteran studio engineer named Mike Moran walked into the control room at 2 p.m.…
Dean Martin was halfway through That’s [music] Amorei when he stopped singing. Not because he forgot the words, not because his voice failed.…
On May 16th, 1990, the world lost one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. Sammy Davis Jr. was gone. At 64 years…
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Las Vegas, March 3rd, 1976. 10 doit. The funeral was small. 17 people stood around an open grave under a…
Beverly Hills, California, March 7th, 1968, 4:15 p.m. Dean Martin was reading his mail. This was unusual. Dean almost never read his own…
The year was 1967. Dean Martin had everything a man could want. His television show was the highest rated program in America. His…
The Sans Hotel, Las Vegas. November 11th, 1972. Veterans Day. Dean Martin was halfway through Everybody Loves Somebody when he saw the wheelchair…
Old Tucson Studios, Arizona. August 1958. The temperature is 114°. The kind of heat that makes the air shimmer like water and turns…
October 15th, 1974. Rogue River, Oregon. Dawn breaks through Douglas fir trees, casting long shadows across the film set. The air smells of…
“Nobody touches the artist. Not on my watch.” John Wayne’s voice booms across Barnsdall Park like thunder over Monument Valley as he steps…