Frank Sinatra
Born Francis Albert Sinatra on
Dec. 12, 1915
in Hoboken, NJ
Died
May 14, 1998
of heart attack in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center [formerly Cedars of Lebanon Hospital], CA
Frank Sinatra was a talented and temperamental balladeer who dominated popular music longer than any entertainer before him and clung to his legendary life as tenaciously as he had stuck with the audiences he loved. Sinatra's masterful interpretation and flawless execution of some of America's most beloved songs earned his reputation as the most influential popular singer of the 20th century. His accomplishments broadened to include film, with such roles as his Academy Award-winning performance in "From Here to Eternity." For more than three generations, his name was synonymous with talent and taste. In the late 1930s, his fragile frame and painfully shy expressions made swooning, shrieking fools of the normally normal teenage girls standing by the bandstands where he first earned his living at $75 a week. In the 1960s he gathered in millions as both partner and star in the clubs of Las Vegas. Sinatra had good cause to be angry from the moment he entered the world Dec. 12, 1915. He was a 13-pound baby, and birth was difficult. He was to bear on his neck the rest of his life the scars of the doctor's forceps. The doctor concluded that the baby was lost and concentrated on saving the mother, Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra, a nurse and midwife. But the grandmother, Rosa Garavanti, picked up the newborn child and held him under a cold water tap until he began to choke and cry — and breathe.
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Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | |
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| 1945 | Special Award | Win | |
| 1953 | Best Supporting Actor | From Here to Eternity | Win |
| 1955 | Best Actor | The Man With the Golden Arm | Nomination |
| 1970 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Win |
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Three thoughts about Frank Sinatra
Besides the 6 or 7 times that I saw Mr. Sinatra perform live from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, he was 'My Man." His voice always got me through the tough times and so enhanced the good times.
I remember one time that I didn't really meet him but I was at a musical in Los Angeles, maybe the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The production, I think it was "Camelot." After the production was over the ushers told all of us to stay at our seats. I was seated next to the aisle so as I was standing waiting to leave, there was a "partng of the sea" so to speak and coming down the aisle from the front of the theater was none other than Frank Sinatra surrounded by his body guards. As he came near he glanced at me ever so briefly and I still remember that brief 'encounter' to this day, maybe 30 years later. He had style, swagger, cool, generousity, talent in all fields and to this day I still consider him 'my man.' His voice still thrills me and still gets me to a high that no other singer can. Love you, Mr. Sinatra...jeane harris
bing crosby introduced me to frank sinatra in 1962....after my army hitch, i stayed in san francisco, driving a truck during the day, studying engineering at s.f.state at night, & doing musical shows on weekends.(i had met mr. crosby while on special army duty at the 1960, VIII olympic winter games, & he gave me his telephone number.)..mr sinatra suggested that i move to new york city, study singing & acting there.i did!.. singing lessons with "seth riggs", acting with "lee strasberg", & "uta hagen", & musical comedy with "charles nelson reilly"&studies at nyu..a good man,mr."S".
I met Frank Sinatra twice, I found him polite, courteous and he looked you straight in the eye. At the time he wore size 38 jacket, right off the rack, just like me. I went to O.L.S. Catholic school as a boy where Frank and Nancy married in J.C., being of Italian I felt a real connection to him with certain prejudices of the time. He was the greatest, I miss him dearly. Rich Luzzi, Ciao.
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