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Both boys were brought up by strict but fair parents and it would be Dino who would lead a charmed life but not until he was well into his twenties. He endured endless cruelty from the school bullies at Grant Elementary School who teased him due to his emphasized attempts at speaking English. He later quit high school and felt let down and uninspired and convinced he was a better teacher than those who taught him.

In his typical nonchalant style he admitted to winning all but eleven of his twelve fights and sagely turned his back on boxing only to take up bootlegging instead. It was behind and old tobacco shop that he became involved in an illegal gambling casino but found himself to be a competent blackjack dealer. Martin was married three times and fathered eight children.

Arriving in New York, he met hard working man named Jerry Lewis. It was with the comic he forged a deep friendship that would endure many years of insatiable humor.

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The two men threw caution to the four winds and as Martin sang, Lewis deliberately lost his grip on several plates and had Martin chasing him across the stage. They had the audience breathless with laughter and while their subsequent acts had the two of them ad-libbing, Martin had a hard time singing while Lewis constantly disrupted and interrupted him.

Their own act almost rendered them speechless, they were laughing so hard. As a team, the pair were together for 11 years and starred in 16 movies that entertained multitudes of people across the globe. It was time for a change and when Martin launched himself into a new, unorthodox career in it was on television. He would later be diagnosed with emphysema and lung cancer which would eventually claim his life at a relatively young 78 years.

He was a magnificent singer whose voice oozed sensuality as he beguiled audience after audience with an aura of flippant nonchalance. After his amazing successes of the eighties, it became time for Martin to relax and he did until his son, Dean Paul Martin died in a plane crash in Overwhelmed by the shock, Martin would never be the same again.