Kathryn Crosby, an actress and the widow of legendary actor Bing Crosby, died Friday night at age 90 of natural causes, according to a family representative.
Crosby was at home in California when she died, and was surrounded by her family at the time.
She married Bing Crosby secretly at age 23, when he was 54.
Around the same time, she began acting in movies including “Operation Mad Ball,” "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Big Circus.”
She used the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff until her marriage to Crosby became known.
Crosby had three children with Bing Crosby: Harry Crosby III, who became an investment banker; Mary Crosby, who became an actress; and Nathaniel Crosby, who became an amateur golfer.
In the 1960s, Crosby became a registered nurse and a teacher.
She continued to act occasionally and to appear in TV specials with her husband and sometimes her children.
She hosted a talk radio show, "The Kathryn Crosby Show," in the 1970s when her acting became less frequent.
She was married to Bing Crosby for 20 years until his death at age 74 in 1977.
She wrote a memoir, "My Life With Bing," which was published in 1983.
In 2000 when she was in her 60s, she remarried Maurice William Sullivan, who was 75 at the time. Sullivan died in a car accident in the Sierra Nevada at age 85.
Until 2001, she hosted a charitable golf tournament in Crosby's honor.
Her last movie, "Queen of the Lot," was in 2010 and also starred her daughter Mary Crosby.
