Ricci James Martin (born Ricci Crocetti, September 20, 1953 – August 3, 2016) was an American musician and singer. He was a son of

Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...

. He established his band, The Pack. In 1977, he released the album ''Beached'' in collaboration with

The Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and frie ...

member

Carl Wilson Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's ''de ...

and toured in the United States and Canada as the band's opening act. Wilson later became his brother-in-law when Wilson married Ricci's sister, Gina Martin. He moved to

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in 1990 and later joined the trio Ricci, Desi & Billy; it was a latter-day version of

Dino, Desi & Billy Dino, Desi & Billy were an American singing trio that existed between 1964 and 1969. The group featured Dean "Dino" Martin ( Dean Paul Martin, the son of singer and actor Dean Martin), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Desiderio Arnaz IV, the son of television st ...

. The act had previously included his brother

Dean Paul Martin Dean Paul Martin Jr. (born Dino Paul Crocetti Jr., November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987) was an American pop singer and film and television actor. A member of the California Air National Guard, Martin died in a crash during a military training f ...

, who died in a plane crash in 1987. In 2002, Martin published ''That's Amore: A Son Remembers'', reflecting on his relationship with his father

. For almost ten years of his musical career, he was a performer in the show ''His Son Remembers: Dean Martin’s Music and More'', a tribute show to his father.

Personal life

Ricci James Martin was the son of singer

and his second wife Jeanne Biegger and the sixth of his father's eight children. Martin was married and had three daughters: Pepper, Montana and Rio. He died on August 3, 2016, at age 62, of an undisclosed cause. His mother died three weeks later, on August 24, 2016, in

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ...

. In 2022, Ricci's daughter Pepper came in third place on the first season of reality television series Claim to Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Ricci 1953 births 2016 deaths American people of English descent American people of Italian descent People from Santa Monica, California Musicians from Beverly Hills, California 20th-century American singers 20th-century American male singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Dean Martin