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Birth Day
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The only child of Sicilian immigrants. -
Sinatra gained legions of new, younger fans
At the age of 77, Sinatra gained legions of new, younger fans with the release of Frank Sinatra Duets, a collection of 13 Sinatra standards that he rerecorded alongside the likes of Barbra Streisand, Bono, Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin. -
Frank Sinatra married his childhood sweetheart, Nancy Barbato
Sinatra had three children, Nancy, Frank Jr., and Tina -
Joins Tommy Dorsey and his band
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Begins his solo carrer
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Frank debut as an actor
Movie "Higher and Higher" -
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Frank's career take off
The mobs of fans Sinatra attracted with his dreamy baritone earned him such nicknames as "The Voice" and "The Sultan of Swoon." -
First visited the White House
While campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt -
He wins an special Acadamy Award
For " The house I live in" -
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Frank's career starts to slide in the postwar years
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Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner
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Frank wins the Oscar
In 1953, Frank makes an triumphant comeback winning the Oscar for "From Here to Eternity" -
He is nominated for another Academy Award
For "The men with the golden arm" -
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Frank starts his own record label, Reprise, and in association with Wanner Bros., he set up his own independent film production company, Artanis
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Sinatra worked eagerly for John F. Kennedy's election
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He receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Sinatra remarried a third time, to Mia Farrow
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Frank returned to the music scene and also became more politically active
With the album "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" -
Sinatra married for a fourth and final time to Barbara Blakely Marx
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Sinatra is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award
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On this year an unauthorized biography of Sinatra is published
Author Kitty Kelley published an unauthorized biography of Sinatra, accusing the singer of relying on mob ties to build his career. -
Sinatra performed in concert for the last time
At the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom in California -
Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center