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Tag: Dean Martin

Young Dean Martin in a tuxedo
June 25, 2019 Appalachian celebrities / Italian heritage / Ohio

How Dino Crocetti of Steubenville became pop singer Dean Martin

We know him as Dean Martin, world famous crooner. But he was born Dino Paul Crocetti, in Steubenville, OH, the son of Italian immigrants.

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