Sinatra was a cleanliness nut
The Chairman of the Board took a dozen showers a day, according to his widow.
Sinatra was a cleanliness nut
David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Columnist
Was Frank Sinatra the greatest American singer ever? Perhaps. But he was certainly the cleanest.
The Jersey native took 12 showers a day, according to his widow, Barbara in her new memoir Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank.
In the book, Sinatra’s fourth and final wife says the show biz icon, who died in 1998, hit the tiles ”about 12 times a day and always smelled like lavender”.
His obsession with cleanliness explains why he always signed notes to his wife “Charlie Neat”.
Not so neat when he was drinking though. Barbara writes than gin “made him mean” and that she would immediately leave the room if she saw an open bottle of gin on the counter.
Maybe when Ol’ Blue Eyes sang in “My Way”, “And now, the end is here/And so I face the final curtain”, he meant the shower curtain.
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Frank Sinatra is the greatest entertainer of all-time. If he wanted 12 showers a day, I see no problem.— Ferrell31
the world is better off w/o him around. I can't imagine the carbon footprint he was leaving w/ that many showers.— TwinkleToes- In his early days, he probably needed that many showers to get the stank off his hanglow.
- Mr. Sinatra was the most gifted and prolific entertainers and interpreters of the Great American Songbook. He was an amazing singer and humanitarian and people forget all the millions of dollars he gave to charities around the world. Miss Barbara by all accounts was abusive of Frank in his last years and did not even call his children (who were nearby)when he was rushed to the hospital the night he died..Long live Frank and don't waste your money on this trash which she is just using to get more of his money.— amyfas
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