SINATRA’S DEAD WIDOW GETS LAST LAUGH ON 1ST WIFE’S GIRLS!
Estate is selling Frank’s treasures daughters wanted kept in the family
THE bad blood between Frank Sinatra’s last wife, Barbara Sinatra, and his daughters continues to boil over — even though his widow has been in her grave for more than a year.
Fourth wife Barbara died at age 90 on July 25 last year, but Frank’s daughters — Nancy, 78, and Tina, 70, by late first wife Nancy — “are livid their stepmom’s estate is auctioning off priceless items they feel should have gone to them,” snitches an insider.
The priceless trove includes photos of Frank with Rat Pack pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, scripts with notes he scribbled in the margins for his iconic flicks Ocean’s 11 and From Here to Eternity, his awards, selfcreated artworks and his portrait painted by iconic artist Norman Rockwell.
“Those shouldn’t be bought and sold,” says the insider. “To think that they’ll be auctioned off to the highest bidder is horrid and cheap.
“But everyone knows there wasn’t any love lost between Barbara and her stepkids. She made sure they didn’t get any of this and it’s a final stab in the back.”
Barbara left everything to her son, Bobby — her child from her first marriage to Robert Oliver — leaving Nancy and Tina out in the cold. However, a rep for the Sinatra family insists there’s no feud or bitterness between the girls and their stepbrother. But sources say the Sinatra sisters want Ol’ Blue Eyes’ things!
“The auction isn’t until December, so you can bet they are doing everything they can to get their dad’s precious belongings back,” says the source.
“The sisters want to preserve their dad’s dignity and memory. They’re certain Frank would be turning over in his grave knowing his artwork and things he considered most personal were going to total strangers.
“But as Sinatra himself sang: That’s life!”