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| Born | Barbara Ann Blakeley (1926-10-16)October 16, 1926 Bosworth, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 25, 2017(2017-07-25) (aged 90) |
| Burial place | Desert Memorial Park[1] |
| Other names | Barbara Oliver Barbara Marx |
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Barbara Ann Sinatra (formerlyOliver andMarx,néeBlakeley; October 16, 1926 – July 25, 2017) was an American model,showgirl,socialite, and philanthropist and the fourth and last wife ofFrank Sinatra.
Sinatra was born as Barbara Ann Blakeley on October 16, 1926,[2][3][4] inBosworth, Missouri, to Irene Prunty (née Toppass) and Charles Willis Blakeley. The family moved toWichita, Kansas when she was 10.[5][6] After graduating fromWichita North High School in 1944, Sinatra moved toLong Beach, California.[6]
She married Robert Oliver in September 1948 and had a son, Robert Blake "Bobby" Oliver on October 10, 1950. She divorced Oliver in 1952.
She marriedZeppo Marx on September 18, 1959. They divorced in 1973.[2]
She married Frank Sinatra on July 11, 1976. It was his fourth and final marriage, and her third and final marriage. It was also the longest-lasting marriage for both. She converted toCatholicism. According to her book,Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank, "He [Frank] never asked me to change faith for him, but I could tell he was pleased that I'd consider it."[7]
Upon his death in 1998, Frank Sinatra left her $3.5 million in assets, along with mansions in Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Palm Springs. She also inherited the rights to Sinatra'sTrilogy recordings, most of his material possessions and control over his name and likeness.[8]
Barbara Marx Sinatra died on July 25, 2017, inRancho Mirage, California, of natural causes at the age of 90.[9] She died a year before Frank's first wife, Nancy Barbato, who died on July 13, 2018, at the age of 101.[10] She is buried at theDesert Memorial Park next to husband Frank.
The Sinatras founded the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center inRancho Mirage in 1986,[11][12] which is close to theBetty Ford Center on the campus of theEisenhower Medical Center.[11] Thenonprofit facility provides individual andgroup therapy for young victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.[13] In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on thePalm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.[14]
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