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Sinatra 'Almost Got Caught Carrying $3.5m Mafia Cash'
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 5-5-2005
| Catherine Elsworth
Posted on 05/04/2005 5:36:35 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:36:35 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Lewis, one of the singer's Rat Pack compatriots I never knew Lewis was part of the "Rat Pack"
I thought it was Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, and WhatsHisName... related to the Kennedys at one time....
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:39:32 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:40:40 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: blam
Well, "Johnny Fontaine" wasn't based on Bing Crosby.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:41:02 PM PDT
by
Argus
(All the good taglines were taken, so...)
To: blam
Lewis who personally never saw this claims to be the book on the subject.
Bunk, this is like homosexuals calling everyone gay after they are dead.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:42:10 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: blam
Never liked Sinatra myself and always thought of him as the biggest rat in the Pack.
Muleteam1
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:45:10 PM PDT
by
Muleteam1
To: Izzy Dunne
Joey Bishop was in the Rat Pack as well.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:47:20 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
To: Muleteam1
Never liked Sinatra myself and always thought of him as the biggest rat in the Pack.K I never did either that much but a few movies he made in the fifties weren't too bad.
To: Argus
and that personal contract he had was also based on reality.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:50:38 PM PDT
by
oceanview
To: Izzy Dunne
Lewis was neither a Rat Pack member nor a friend of Rat Pack members.
To: sinkspur
Rat Pack:
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop.
To: blam
Not only was ol' blue eyes mixed up with the mob, he was a draft dodger to boot.
He could carry a tune, though...
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:53:56 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: blam
This is old news, this came out years ago about Luciano and others and some of it is probably true.
Frank had a lot of mob connected friends. Giancana cost Sinatra his gaming license back in the 1960's. Giancana was seeing one of the McGuire sisters and was in the Nevada Gaming's Black book, meaning he could never be in Nevada or in a casino.
Sinatra owned the Cal-Neva Lodge and Giancana was caught being there. Sinatra was under investigation for it and surrended his license. Got it back many years later but it really hurt him at the time financially, not only did he have a big piece of the Cal-Neva Lodge, he also was a Vice-Presidne of the Sands Hotel and had some points there as well. He and Giancana pretty much fell out after that I think.
To: blam
Sinatra's Mob links helped his career. LOL !! Oh Yeah !!!
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:57:04 PM PDT
by
Pompah
To: blam
By the way Jerry Lewis has book coming out in October about his relationship with Dean Martin and may cover some of the Rat Pack stuff there.
To: sinkspur
I remember Joey Bishop but I didn't have any strong feelings about him. Back when the Rat Pack was active I was young and had no idea whether or not Sinatra had gang connections. That was not one of my considerations for being leery of him. He just gave me the creeps, sort of like a rough old uncle who you knew had been in the penitentiary for an unknown reason.
Muleteam1
To: OKSooner
He was not a draft dodger. He was 4F.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:59:23 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Jesus Christ Set Me Free of Drug Addiction in 1985. Thank You, Lord.)
To: Lizavetta
May be wrong there. Lewis claims that he and Sammy Davis, Jr. were very close friends and of course he and Dean Martin had been partners before their big split in the 1956 and yes Lewis knew Sinatra fairly well also.
To: blam
Sinatra's personal life and political activities aside, the man will always be "The Voice" to me.Especially the 1950's era, awesome...just awesome.
To: OKSooner
Sinatra to my knowledge was not a draft dodger, I believe he was 4F during the War.
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