Nancy Sinatra senior, first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
Nancy and Frank Sinatra had been dating as teenagers and married at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 4, 1939, just as Frank’s singing career was about to take off
Nancy Sinatra senior, the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.
Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jnr, tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her webpage said she died at 6.02pm but didn’t indicate where she died.
“She was a blessing and the light of my life,” her daughter said.
Attempts to reach representatives for Sinatra Jnr late on Friday were unsuccessful.
Nancy and Frank Sinatra had been dating as teenagers and married at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 4, 1939, just as Frank’s singing career was about to take off. Three years before marrying the former Nancy Barbato, he had landed a 15-minute radio show on local station WAAT.
During the marriage’s early years, the Sinatras lived in a modest flat in Jersey City, where their two eldest children were born. For a time she was employed as a secretary while her husband worked as a singing waiter.
