By 1990, Frank’s best singing voice was long gone. Although, his showmanship skills lasted all the way to the end. From what I understand, Sinatra was surrounded with ‘yes-men’. Some of his group had the job of filling that room up as much as possible. They wanted to shield Frank from the knowledge of his slowly declining popularity. He was not at all used to being questioned or contradicted.
This same self centered detachment may have been passed on to his son, Frank Jr.
Junior had at least four children out of wedlock. All four were left out of his will.
That sounds like Barrack Obama.
From what I understand, Sinatra was surrounded with ‘yes-men’. Some of his group had the job of filling that room up as much as possible. They wanted to shield Frank from the knowledge of his slowly declining popularity. He was not at all used to being questioned or contradicted.
Some years back, I watched a 60 Minutes feature on him and there was footage of him having trouble remembering the words to his songs and Liza Minelli was there gently helping him out. Believe he was doing shows up to about two or three years before he passed (someone can probably correct me on this), but it would not surprise me that those last number of shows might not have been terribly good (you might have been better off staying home and listening to his records or CDs).