SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Christmas time is Crosby time in Spokane, where crooner Bing Crosby was raised.
The singer of “White Christmas” and numerous other carols is being remembered in a stage play, a film festival, lectures, a documentary, and some new archived music and film releases.
Crosby was born in Tacoma in 1903, but his family soon moved to Spokane and he remained a figure in the city’s history for the rest of his life. He returned often to visit family and friends, and was a generous donor to Gonzaga University and other causes before he died in 1977.
