Crosby’s widow hurt

BING Crosby’s widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering after being flown to hospital with major injuries following a deadly traffic crash last month in the Sierra Nevada.

Kathryn Crosby, 77, was hurt and her husband, Maurice William Sullivan, 85, was killed in the November 4 single-vehicle wreck on US 50 east of Placerville, California.

Kathryn Crosby, who has homes in Genoa and Hillsborough, California, was flown to Renown Regional Medical Centre in Reno.

She and Bing Crosby were married for nearly 20 years before his 1977 death.