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Actor, singer and comedian Dean Martin found fame as one of Hollywood’s golden-age ‘crooners’, perfecting an on-screen smoothtalking persona that gained him the ‘King of Cool’ moniker during the 1960s. He was born in 1917 and by luck and talent had, by the late 1950s become a household name starring in string of mainly comedy films.
But he was also famously a member of the Rat Pack, a debauched club of Hollywood stars which included Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop and Sammy Davis Junior. Many of these actors, including Dean, appeared in the 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11, which was revived by Brad Pitt and George Clooney in 2001.
Dean made it to the age of 78, helped by his aversion to alcohol and drugs despite his boozy stage persona, although he was a heavy smoker – a habit that eventually claimed his life.
From 1988 until his death from lung cancer in 1995, Dean lived in the Trousdale Estates neighbourhood of Beverley Hills.
It was here that he recovered from his three failed marriages and struggled with depression following the death of his son Dean Paul in a jet fighter crash in 1987.
In 2014 the property was bought by a developer who stripped out Dean’s 1980s décor and brought it up to date including a more open-plan layout and clean design.
The property, which is with agent Coldwell Banker, is available for $27.95m or can be rented at $125,000 a month.
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