Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
Source: Associated Press
Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
By JOHN ROGERS
Today
LOS ANGELES (AP) Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.
Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her web page said she died at 6:02 p.m. but didnt indicate where she died. ... She was a blessing and the light of my life, her daughter said. ... Attempts to reach representatives for Sinatra Jr. late Friday were unsuccessful.
Nancy and Frank Sinatra had been dating as teenagers and married at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Feb. 4, 1939, just as Franks singing career was about to take off. Three years before marrying the former Nancy Barbato, he had landed a 15-minute radio show on local station WAAT.
During the marriages early years, the Sinatras lived in a modest apartment in Jersey City, where their two eldest children were born. For a time she was employed as a secretary while her husband worked as a singing waiter. ... After Sinatra became a pop-music sensation in the 1940s, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where the singer would also become a movie star, raconteur, man about town and notorious womanizer. ... That latter accomplishment led Sinatra to leave him after an affair with actress Ava Gardner became public knowledge. Weeks after the pairs divorce became final in 1951, Sinatras ex-husband married Gardner, while Sinatra went on to raise the couples three children: Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina.
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Nancy Sinatra Sr., childhood sweetheart and first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101.
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Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)
she was way too nice for him.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)And especially to anyone who made it over the century mark. She outlived her son too. Condolences to her family.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)When your mate becomes famous and a sex symbol, and has beautiful women going after him...well, how do you compete with the likes of Ava Gardner (or Angelina Jolie)? But the least you can expect is to be treated respectfully, or him leave the marriage before groveling at the feet of other women.
Frank went on to be the one crapped on himself, when Ava played him for a fool. I don't think he ever got over that. But he was too controlling for the free-spirited Gardner.
(I know WAY too much about movie stars' lives!)
NNadir
(33,368 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Gina Gershon played his first wife. It was produced by Frank's daughter, Tina Sinatra. Marcia Gay Harden played Ava Gardner.