TIL that Frank Sinatra carried a roll of dimes until the day he died, and was buried with a roll of dimes because he was scared of running out of change when talking to his son's kidnappers on the pay phone.
The kidnappers demanded that all communication be conducted by payphone. During these conversations, Frank Sr. became concerned that he would not have enough coins, which prompted him to carry 10 dimes with him at all times for the rest of his life; he was even buried with 10 dimes in his pocket.
The “My Way” singer was buried his way, with a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey, a pack of Camel cigarettes, a Zippo lighter, and a dollar's worth of dimes, according to contemporary news accounts. The dimes were reportedly in case he needed to use a pay phone.
FRANK SINATRA was buried with a bottle of bourbon, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter and a roll of dimes so he could call his loved ones from beyond the grave, according to a new book. The singer's casket was filled with items his family members felt sure Ol' Blue Eyes would like to take with him and Alan W.
He was buried in Plot B-8 with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of Camel cigarettes tucked into his suit. His head stone reads: 'The Best is yet to come. ' The website has a downloadable map. The cemetery is also home to Sonny Bono, one half of Sonny and Cher and one-time mayor of Palm Springs.
His inner circle included Ermenegildo “Jilly” Rizzo, the brother he never had; his “crowd disperser,” Ed Pucci; Brad Dexter, who saved him from drowning; Leo “The Lip” Durocher; Jerry “The Crusher” Amaniera; Tom Dreesen; and Tony Oppedisano, better known as Tony O, whose vivid memoir, Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small ...
In November 1986, Sinatra underwent an emergency operation at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., to remove a 12-inch section of his large intestine. Sinatra was suffering from diverticulitis and was in great pain from intestinal inflammation.
The “My Way” singer was buried his way, with a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey, a pack of Camel cigarettes, a Zippo lighter, and a dollar's worth of dimes, according to contemporary news accounts. The dimes were reportedly in case he needed to use a pay phone.
In this May 1977 file photo, concrete is dumped on top of the crate in Sandra West's grave containing her Ferrari with West in the driver's seat, as she requested. Express-News file photo by Joe Barrera Jr. Her beloved Ferrari remained in California until the ruling. Then the sports car was sent to San Antonio.
Accidental burial. According to a popular legend recorded by Joannes Zonaras and George Kedrenos, two 11th-century and 12th-century Byzantine Greek historians, the 5th century Roman emperor Zeno was buried alive in Constantinople after becoming insensible from drinking or an illness.
Barry Keenan (1940 – November 13, 2022) was an American businessman, best known as the mastermind behind the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. At the age of 21, Keenan was already successful in the business world, as well as being the youngest member of the Los Angeles Stock Exchange.
While Elvis and Sinatra never worked together again, they often kept in touch over the years. Sinatra let Elvis and Priscilla borrow his private jet in 1967 to go from Palm Springs to Las Vegas to get married, and travel back to Palm Springs for their honeymoon.
Sinatra had three children with his first wife, Nancy Barbato: Nancy Sinatra (born June 8, 1940), Frank Sinatra Jr. (January 10, 1944 – March 16, 2016), and Christina "Tina" Sinatra (born June 20, 1948). Although Sinatra did not remain faithful to his wife, he was by many accounts a devoted father.
Oppedisano, who became Sinatra's pal in his early 20s and was later his best friend and road manager, said the artist had emergency diverticulitis surgery in late `1986 and was left wearing a colostomy bag during recovery. That bag was replaced by another, he writes, after another hospitalization in February 1987.
Former U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan arrives for the funeral of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra at the Good Shepard Catholic Church in Beverly... Actors Robert Wagner and Jill St. John arrive with two other unidentified people to the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills,...
And while Sinatra was a legendary lothario linked to the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland, Tony reveals he had only one real love – first wife Nancy Barbato. Nancy Senior, as Tony affectionately refers to her, is now 98 and never remarried after her 12 year union to Sinatra ended in 1951.
The motive was presumed to be money. The FBI recommended that Sinatra wait for a ransom demand, pay it, and then allow the Bureau to track the money and find the kidnappers.
The singer looked at the company, and gave his final words. “He just looked up at the two of us and said curtly: 'I'm losing'”. And in a move that was strikingly similar to George Harrison's death in 2001, the singer embraced the end with strength and purpose, understanding the importance of the end.
With the Archbishop of Los Angeles presiding as celebrant, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck delivering eulogies and Tony Bennett and Sidney Poitier acting as an honor guard, the service was in every way worthy of a show-business legend, but the guest list also included less-famous members of Sinatra's famously large ...
