The Dark Side Of Frank Sinatra

What lies behind the success of Frank Sinatra? Sinatra started his career as a teenage singer. But quite soon, he changed his style to a more elegant one. He became a symbol of masculinity in his slim-line suits. But his normal life wasn’t that elegant...

Sinatra had problems with anger control. He could punch a reporter if he didn’t like the question. He hated rock music so much that he could smash the radio which played it. Most of such incidents happened when Sinatra was drunk. His fourth wife explained that «gin made him mean». She described him as a combination of Jekyll and Hyde.

At the top of his career, some said that every woman wanted to have him and every man wanted to be him. But the real Sinatra had lack of confidence. During his teenage years, he had acne that left his cheeks pitted. He also had a scar from his mouth to the left part of his jaw. He tried to cover it and preferred not to take photos of his left side.

Frank Sinatra has been married four times. He was famous for being unfaithful to all of his women. The most dramatic marriage was the one with actress Ava Gardner. Their rocky relationship led to three suicide attempts of the singer. All of them were unsuccessful. He was mentally unstable.

Sinatra had obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sinatra was also watched by the FBI. The reason was in his ties with the US mafia. There was no evidence of any illegal activity. But he was a close friend of Chicago mob boss, Sam Giancana. In his FBI profile, there were accusations of racketeering. However, Sinatra was never prosecuted for any criminal behavior. The only FBI evidence were the photos of Sinatra with criminals. Some say that the character of Frank Sinatra in the movie «Godfather» was written based on Sinatra.

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