Frank Sinatra lived a full life, however the mysterious lack of a good friend and fellow icon haunted him till his dying.
The occasions surrounding what led to the demise of Marilyn Monroe, who was discovered lifeless on August 4, 1962, are nonetheless unclear to many, however Sinatra for one was apparently satisfied that the Some Like It Sizzling star didn’t die from an unintended overdose in — at the very least in line with the music legend’s shut confidant and former supervisor Tony Oppedisano.
In his memoir Sinatra and Me: In The Wee Small Hours, Oppedisano will get candid about what Frank actually thought of his good friend’s premature dying, writing:
“Frank believed she was murdered, and he by no means obtained over it.”
Whoa!
We’re formally in conspiracy territory right here, people. However keep in mind, this isn’t the idea of some web rando: Sinatra and Monroe have been excellent mates.
Oppedisano famous the pair have been by no means lovers, nonetheless, explaining that though the My Method singer thought she was lovely and humorous, “Frank felt she was too troubled, too fragile, for him to sleep with after which stroll away.” (We at all times respect a thoughtful f**kboy!)
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So the 2 by no means turned greater than mates, however Marilyn did inform Frank all her juicy secrets and techniques — together with her affairs with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. In his e-book, Tony claimed that when the trysts all of the sudden ended:
“Marilyn informed Frank she didn’t perceive why they’d shut her out fully as soon as she stopped having intercourse with them.”
Tony famous that the weekend earlier than her dying, the actress flew to the well-known Sinatra-co-owned Cal Neva Lodge, outdoors of Lake Tahoe. However he additionally spilled some never-before-spilled tea about who the starlet was there with: in line with Tony, Marilyn was spending time along with her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio, who was staying close by.
He additionally revealed the display icon had determined to make a press announcement the next week that they have been getting again collectively; nonetheless, the information of this press convention might have been the issue, or at the very least that was Frank’s principle.
The press convention information sparked hypothesis Monroe was going to share particulars of her relationships with JFK and RFK. Oppedisano wrote:
“Frank believed if the press convention hadn’t been introduced, she would have lived quite a bit longer.”
Following the star’s surprising dying, Sinatra’s lawyer Mickey Rudin, who additionally labored with Monroe, informed him the actress had been killed. This was additionally a rumor going round amongst Mob Boss Sam Giancana‘s males on the time, with among the mobsters claiming involvement. Keep in mind, Outdated Blue Eyes was well-known to have sure underworld connections — so he might have recognized a factor or two about it that we don’t.
Within the e-book, Tony wrote that Sinatra had a number of sources who informed him the identical story:
“She’d been murdered with a Nembutal suppository and Robert Kennedy or the Mob was concerned.”
Loopy…
To this present day, the reality is unknown. The supervisor continued:
“Conspiracy theories abound and I can’t lay them to relaxation.”
He confirmed that Sinatra remained haunted by her dying till his dying in 1998.
For extra juicy secrets and techniques from The Sultan Of Swoon’s heyday, decide of a replica of Sinatra and Me, hitting cabinets on June 8!
[Image via Frank Sinatra/YouTube.]
