
Hollywood Star with Underworld Connections Supports Political Candidates, Influences World History
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers". His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Sinatra garnered considerable
attention due to his alleged personal and professional links
with organized crime, including figures such as Sam Giancana,
Lucky Luciano, and Joseph Fischetti. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation kept records amounting to 2,403 pages on
Sinatra. With his Mafia ties, his ardent New Deal politics
and his friendship with John F. Kennedy, he was a natural
target for J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
The FBI's secret dossier on Sinatra was released in 1998 in
response to Freedom of Information Act requests.


