And a little article I stumbled upon about him.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/esq1003-oct-sinatra-rev/
In David Niven's charming and often moving memoir, he relates a story for the ages: sailing off the coast of Los Angeles in Grant or Bogart or such's boat, when suddenly Sinatra coasts up in his own, equipped obviously with piano. They anchored together and listened to Sinatra play as the sun set and the waves lapped around them.
Wait Sinatra was in a relationship with Mia Farrow at one point? SINATRA HAD A MISSILE PARTS FIRM!? I'm a few paragraphs into this article and it's amazing. Have a badge.For Frank Sinatra was now involved with many things involving many people--his own film company, his record company, his private airline, his missile-parts firm, his real-estate holdings across the nation...
Tangentially, I'm working on a piece written by Alec Wilder who was a good friend of Sinatra, and whom Sinatra encouraged in his composition. Sinatra was a hell of a guy.