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Gardner's third was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra from 1951 to 1957. She later said in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. Sinatra left his wife Nancy for Gardner, and their marriage made headlines. [23] Third husband Frank Sinatra and Gardner in 1951
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner cut their wedding cake on Nov. 7, 1951. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on Dec. 24, 1922, and raised in North Carolina and Virginia to a working-class family.
Ava Gardner, Sinatra's wife from 1951 to 1957. Biographer Kitty Kelley claims that Sinatra had first seen photographs of Ava Gardner in a magazine and had sworn that he would marry her. Ruth Rosenthal, a friend of Gardner's, stated that Gardner initially detested him upon meeting him at MGM, finding him to be "conceited, arrogant and overpowering".
Sinatra's reputation continued to decline as reports broke in February of his affair with Ava Gardner and the destruction of his marriage to Nancy, [141] though he insisted that his marriage had long been over even before he met Gardner. [142]
A revised edition of 'Sinatra: Behind the Legend' by celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli paints a harrowing picture of Sinatra's love affair with screen siren Ava Gardner — one that ...
Russo claims Sinatra tried to kill himself when he found out his then-wife Ava Gardner, to whom he was married from 1951 to 1957, cheated and was leaving him — and went to William Morris talent ...
It is commonly thought by many listeners that Sinatra was navigating his stormy marriage to Ava Gardner at the time, but Sinatra and Gardner didn't marry until November 7, 1951, nearly 8 months after the song was recorded. It is more likely that he was melancholy about his wife Nancy's refusal to grant him a divorce so he could marry Gardner ...
Sinatra portrait in 1957. Frank Sinatra became the Rat Pack leader from 1957 on in the wake of Humphrey Bogart's death. Visiting members included Errol Flynn, Ava Gardner, Nat King Cole, Robert Mitchum, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, Mickey Rooney, Lena Horne, Jerry Lewis, and Cesar Romero.