

Lambert wrote in a 2015 remembrance in Vanity Fair. "Throughout the many years after they split, my grandfather came to visit whenever his crazy life would allow it," Mrs. Less widely known were Sinatra's continuing visits, his long, confiding late-night phone calls, and the convivial family dinners on birthdays, holidays and other occasions. Frank Sinatra's affair and relationship with Gardner had become more serious, and she later became his second wife. After originally just seeking a legal separation, Frank and Nancy Sinatra decided some months later to file for divorce, and this divorce became final on October 29, 1951. The couple announced their separation on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1950, with Sinatra's additional extra-marital affair with Ava Gardner compounding his transgressions and becoming public knowledge. A third child, Christina Sinatra, known as "Tina", was born on June 20, 1948. These affairs also became public knowledge and caused great embarrassment to Nancy Barbato Sinatra, who considered calling off their marriage then and had an abortion when she became pregnant in 1946.

įollowing the family's move to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Sinatra began engaging in extra-marital affairs, the first known with Marilyn Maxwell.

Both were born at the Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City. Their first child, Nancy Sinatra, was born on June 8, 1940, and their son, Francis Wayne Sinatra, known as Frank Sinatra Jr., was born on January 10, 1944. The wedding was held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 93 Clerk Street, after which the newlyweds lived in an apartment house at 137 Bergen Avenue. Marriages Nancy Barbato Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato at Ciro's, 1949įrank Sinatra met Nancy Barbato (Ma– July 13, 2018) in the summer of 1934, and they married on February 4, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Barbato's home town. He had three verified children, as well as more than one of questionable paternity. He was married four times and had at least six other notable relationships in between. Sinatra in a 1949 family portrait with his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and their three children.įrank Sinatra had many close relationships throughout his life. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please discuss this issue on the talk page and edit it to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. This article duplicates the scope of other articles.
