A Different Kind Of Crosby

March, 1979

Denise Crosby is not at all what you would expect Bing Crosby's grand daughter to be. She wears her hair butch, sports New Wave clothes, her musical tastes include Devo and Bryan Eno, and she speaks of karma and spiritual cleanliness. Also, she's a whole lot less conservative than Grandpa Bing. "Any kind of sexual suggestion wasn't looked upon highly by my grandfather," she says. "He was very conservative." Would Bing have approved of her posing for Playboy? "Since it wa...

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