In December this year is the celebration of 100 years

2. Francis Albert Sinatra was born on
December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New
Jersey, the only child of Italian
immigrants Natalina
Garaventa and Antonino Martino Sinatra.

3. He dropped out of high school,
where he was a member of the glee
club, and began to sing at local
nightclubs.

4. Between 1943 and 1946, Sinatra's
solo career blossomed as the singer
charted 17 different Top 10
singles.

5. Sinatra made his movie acting debut in 1943,
in Higher and Higher. In 1945, he won a special
Academy Award for The House I Live In.

7. In 1953, he had a triumph winning an Oscar for his portrayal of the Italian-American soldier
Maggio in From Here to Eternity. Although this was his first non-singing role.

8. In his music, the Sinatra of the 1950s brought a more mature sound with
jazzier inflections in his voice.

10. Sinatra maintained a hugely successful
singing career alongside his acting
career throughout the 1950s and for
several decades beyond.

12. Sinatra's hits in the 1960s included "It Was a Very Good
Year" and "Strangers in the Night" (1966). He reached
the top of the singles charts in a duet, "Somethin' Stupid,"
with his daughter Nancy in 1967.

14. In 1965, he starred in what was considered
one of his most successful films, Von Ryan's
Express.

16. After Sinatra's famous recording of "My Way"
(1969), he made an ill-fated attempt to sing
some of the lighter tunes of modern rock
composers. This led to a brief retirement from
entertainment (1971 through 1973).

18. He made a huge comeback in 1973.

19. He resumed his singing career in Las Vegas, and toured extensively in the Far East, where he was phenomenally popular,
especially in Japan. Sinatra toured right up until the 1990s, and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy
Awards in 1994.

21. Sinatra's financial empire produced millions of dollars in earnings from investments in films,
records, gambling casinos, real estate, missile parts, and general aviation. He came out of his
retirement in 1974 with a renewed interest in older tunes. His return to the limelight was
highlighted by his famous recording of "New York, New York" (1980) as he entered his
sixth decade of entertaining.

22. In 1995, to mark Sinatra's 80th birthday, the Empire State Building glowed blue. A star-studded
birthday tribute, Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. At
the end of the program Sinatra graced the stage for the last time to sing the final notes of "New
York, New York" with an ensemble. It was Sinatra's last televised appearance.

23. Failing health kept him out of the public eye after his
80th birthday, and he suffered a heart attack and stroke
in 1996, and a further heart attack in 1997. After
suffering his 3rd and final heart attack, Frank Sinatra
died on 14 May 1998.

24. Sinatra married in 1939 Nancy
Barbato.
They divorced in 1951.

25. Sinatra had with his first
wife, Nancy Sinatra three
children, Nancy, Frank
Jr., and Tina.

26. Frank Jr, Nancy and Tina Sinatra pictured 2008, at the 85th
Anniversary of Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California
Frank in 1968 with his three children
Frank Jr, Tina (L) and Nancy (R)

27. On the 7th of November, 1951
Frank Sinatra married Ava
Gardner.

28. They divorced 5 July 1957.

29. His 3rd marriage was wis Mia Farow(19 July 1966 - 16 August 1968)

31. (11 July 1976 - 14 May 1998)
Barbara Marx was the next and last wife he married.

33. Sinatra is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He was
honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in
1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997.

34. American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century"
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