RIP Mike Downey

[ChrisLong]

Another nice tribute in the Detroit Free Press: https://www.freep.com/story/news/co...e-press-sportswriter-mike-downey/74096051007/

And, I didn't know that Dean Martin was his father-in-law.

I'm guessing Downey's wife was the sister of Dean Paul Martin. Dino was a tennis star at Santa Monica College, but became a member of the California Air National Guard. He was killed in a crash. Notably married to Dorothy Hamill and Olivia Hussey, and a member of the trio Dino, Desi and Billy.

 

[awriter]

Another nice tribute in the Detroit Free Press: https://www.freep.com/story/news/co...e-press-sportswriter-mike-downey/74096051007/

And, I didn't know that Dean Martin was his father-in-law.

Another nice tribute in the Detroit Free Press: https://www.freep.com/story/news/co...e-press-sportswriter-mike-downey/74096051007/

And, I didn't know that Dean Martin was his father-in-law.

He never actually met Dean Martin. But yes, he married Martin’s daughter.

Great tribute here from John Schulian:

Remembering Mike Downey | The Stacks Reader