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Gidney N Cloyd

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Thu Mar 17, 2016, 11:16 AM Mar 2016

Frank Sinatra Jr. Dies of Cardiac Arrest While on Tour

Source: ABC News

Frank Sinatra Jr., who carried on his famous father's legacy with his own music career and whose kidnapping as a young man added a bizarre chapter to his father's legendary life, died Wednesday. He was 72.

The younger Sinatra died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Sinatra family said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The statement said the family mourns the untimely passing of their son, brother, father and uncle. No other details were provided.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/sinatra-family-frank-sinatra-jr-died-37706151

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Frank Sinatra Jr. Dies of Cardiac Arrest While on Tour (Original Post) Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 OP
He beat me at a game of checkers when I was 16yrs old. Snotcicles Mar 2016 #1
Better than being taken for a ride.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #2
True. I also got to see Frank Fontaine and the Ink Spots there. Talking about dating oneself. nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #3
I love the Ink Spots! :) nt dorkzilla Mar 2016 #6
Cool story! n/t hibbing Mar 2016 #5
... shenmue Mar 2016 #4
And another one bites the dust! whistler162 Mar 2016 #7
My condolences to his family. IrishEyes Mar 2016 #8
 

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)
1. He beat me at a game of checkers when I was 16yrs old.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 12:01 PM
Mar 2016

I was a busboy at a supper club he was appearing at in Flint MI.
It was in the afternoon while we were getting setup for the evening.
He made the defeat quick, but left me with something to tell people of.
That was my first job.

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