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Veteran singer Tony Bennett displays his two Grammy's backstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 1, 1995. Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday, July 21, 2023. He was 96. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96

By Charles J. Gans - Associated Press

Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91

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FILE - In this July 11, 1996, file photo, Frank Sinatra, left, and his wife Barbara arrive at Our Lady of Malibu church to renew their wedding vows on their 20th wedding anniversary in Malibu, Calif. The private treasures of the Sinatras were a multimillion-dollar hit at auction. Sotheby’s reported Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, that the couple’s entertainment memorabilia, art, jewelry, books and other personal items sold for $9.2 million, about twice their pre-sale estimates. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Items belonging to Sinatra make $9M hit at Sotheby’s auction

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FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, Russian singer Iosif Kobzon, right, and Pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko sing together during Iosif Kobzon's concert in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Kobzon, an iconic Russian crooner and lawmaker dubbed &quot;the Soviet Sinatra&quot; for his decades-long career, has died. He was 80. The Russian State Duma said in a statement that Kobzon died earlier on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Iosif Kobzon, singer dubbed ‘Soviet Sinatra,’ dies at age 80

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Book Review: ‘Way It Was’ taps aging Sinatra’s highs,

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 1988 file photo Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara appear at Milton Berle's 80th birthday party in Los Angeles. Barbara Sinatra, a prominent advocate and philanthropist for abused children, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home. She was 90. (AP Photo/File)

Barbara Sinatra, Frank’s 4th wife and philanthropist, dies

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

$FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1982 file photo, actress Pia Zadora poses with Timothy Hutton, after her award received for being the new motion picture star of the year, during the 39th annual Golden Globes presentations, in Los Angeles. Zadora was hospitalized with serious head and leg injuries after a fall from a motorized golf cart driven by her teenage son near their northwest Las Vegas home. Zadora’s husband, Mike Jeffries, tells the Las Vegas Sun the singer-actress suffered a head injury and a compound ankle fracture in the Thursday evening, Sept. 11, 2014, accident. (AP Photo Lennox/McLendon, file)$

Pia Zadora reveals best advice Frank Sinatra gave her

By Keith Valcourt — Special to The Washington Times

Correction: Exchange-Famed Pizza story

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Shecky Greene discusses Frank Sinatra and Las Vegas in the old days

By Keith Valcourt — Special to The Washington Times

In this Oct. 13, 1976, file photo singer Frank Sinatra performs at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island to a capacity crowd. Sinatra, who died in 1998, at 82, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 12, 2015. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Hoboken celebrates Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday

By Shawn Marsh - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Sinatra: The Chairman’

By Victor Gold

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song’

By West Vernon

Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly star in Anchors Aweigh, now available in Blu-ray from Warner Home VIdeo.

Blu-ray reviews: Frank Sinatra: 5 Film Collection and Selma

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Jazz great Buddy DeFranco dies at age 91

By Melissa Nelson-Gabriel - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 1977 file photo, performer Frank Sinatra appears on the stage of the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, N.Y., during the opening night of his act with Dean Martin. Sinatra's first New Jersey driver's license has sold for $15,757 at auction. The yellowed, text-only 1934 license was issued, typo and all, to Francis Sintra, 841 Garden Street, Hoboken, New Jersey. The license was signed by the then-19-year-old a year before Sinatra got his first big break in the music industry. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, file)

Frank Sinatra’s first license fetches $15K at auction

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FILE - This Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, provided by the Starlight Children's Foundation, shows Carol Leifer at the Starlight Awards held at the Skirball Cultural Center, in Los Angeles. Leifer's book &quot;How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying,&quot; a memoir about work lessons she's learned, was published Tuesday, April 8, 2014, by Quirk Books. (AP Photo/Starlight Children's Foundation/Jordan Strauss, File)

Comedian offers serious guide to career success

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Mainstream’ GOP picks spell disaster

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES