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FAMILY HASSLES MARK DECLINING YEARS Series: \Sinatra: Behind the Legend\ Frank Sinatra Part 5 of 5
Editor's Note: J. Randy Taraborrelli, who has written biographies of Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, has a new book, \"Sinatra: Behind the Legend\" (Birch Lane Press, $27.50). In this unauthorized biography, Taraborrelli chronicles the life of the great singer, who turned 82 on Dec. 12 and has been in failing health. About a month before his birthday, a television special was taped at the Shrine Auditorium (in Los Angeles) to celebrate the event. It had been (his wife) Barbara Sinatra's and producer and longtime family friend George Schlatter's idea to put together a show, the proceeds of which would go to AIDS Project Los Angeles and the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center. With entertainment such as choreographer Paula Abdul performing a dance routine to \"Luck Be a Lady,\" rap trio Salt-N-Peppa singing their \"Whatta Man\" as a preposterous tribute to Frank, rockers Hootie and the Blowfish singing \"The Lady Is a Tramp,\" and pop singer Seal singing \"I've Got You Under My Skin,\" most Sinatra aficionados were hard-pressed to understand what any of this madness really had to do with Frank Sinatra.
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Michael Jackson : the magic, the madness, the whole story, 1958-2009
A biography of Michael Jackson paints a portrait of the talented performer, discussing his rise to stardom, his changing personal appearance, his legal battles, his marriages, and his children.
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1963 KIDNAPPING OF HIS SON HUMBLED SINATRA Series: `Sinatra: Behind the Legend' Frank Sinatra Part 4 of 5
\"See, Sinatra ain't so big and bad,\" 23-year-old Barry Keenan told his pals, Joe Clyde Amsler, 23, and John Irwin, 42. \"That's why I brought you guys here. I wanted you to remember that he's just a man, just like you and me. No big deal.\" \"If we pull this off, we'll be able to live like the movie stars who hang out here,\" Keenan said, motioning to their Polo Lounge surroundings. \"It's symbolic, us being here.\" The audience laughed at another of the gags, but by this time, Keenan Amsler and Irwin weren't paying attention. Instead, Keenan continued trying to persuade his friends to join him in the kidnapping of Sinatra's son, Frank Sinatra Jr.
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Jackie, Ethel, Joan : the women of Camelot
Presents a look into the private lives and passions of three women in the Kennedy family.
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SINATRA: BEHIND THE LEGEND' : HIS BIG NIGHT WITH JACKIE ONASSIS, AND THEN TOTAL REJECTION Series: \Sinatra: Behind the Legend\ Frank Sinatra Part 3 of 5
In today's Part 3 of a five-part series this week in Everyday excerpting the book, Sinatra revels in his triumphant night with Jacqueline Onassis, only to be snubbed and disappointed from the next morning on. However, she couldn't help but be charmed by Sinatra when he hosted the inaugural ball in January 1961. Still, even after that, she felt strongly that the Rat Pack bunch (Sinatra, Dean Martin and other show business buddies) was simply too lowbrow to be a part of the White House inner circle and continually discouraged associating with Sinatra. By 1975, Jacqueline Onassis was an editor at Viking Press. Sinatra hadn't seen her in a couple of years. Three years earlier, he had asked her to accompany him to a concert in Providence, R.I. It marked the first time they had seen each other since the White House days.
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SINATRA: BEHIND THE LEGEND' : SINATRA AND MARILYN: HE TRIED TO SAVE HER Series: `Sinatra: Behind the Legend' Frank Sinatra Part 2 of 5
Editor's Note: Author J. Randy Taraborrelli, who has written biographies of Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, has a new book, \"Sinatra: Behind the Legend\" (Birch Lane Press; $27.50). In this unauthorized biography, Taraborrelli chronicles the life of the great singer, who turned 82 on Dec. 12 and has been in failing health. A five-part series excerpting Taraborrelli's book continues this week in Everyday. In Part 2, Sinatra, recently divorced from film star Ava Gardner, falls in love with Marilyn Monroe but cannot save her from her own destructive habits. While Frank had romantic feelings for Marilyn, his relationship with her was not one to which he could become committed. No one could take (his ex-wife) Ava Gardner's place in his heart . . . As with Judy Garland before her, he often told Marilyn that her self-destructive nature and dependency on alcohol and pills bothered him.
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SINATRA: BEHIND THE LEGEND' : 'A FAVOR HERE, A FAVOR THERE' SUMS UP THE SINGER'S TIES TO THE MAFIA Series: \Sinatra: Behind The Legend\ Frank Sinatra Part 1 of 5
Part 1 opens in the 1960s, with Sinatra showing his close ties to the murderous Chicago Mafia boss Sam Giancana but refusing the one big \"favor\" that Giancana demands of him. Frank was with Ava (Gardener) at the time, and she disliked Sam immensely. She knew trouble when she saw it. Frank became friendly with Sam and gave him a gaudy star sapphire pinkie ring as a gift, which was just what this man needed to complete the stereotypical image of a gangster. In March 1961, Giancana visited Sinatra at the Fontainebleau in Miami. He wanted Robert Kennedy to back off from his investigation of Sam's friends, and he wanted Frank Sinatra to talk to Bobby's father, Joseph Kennedy, about the possibility of Bobby's agreeing to do just that.
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