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Dolly Sinatra was the Italian-American mother of singer Frank Sinatra. She was a homemaker, a midwife, a political leader, and a tavern owner in Hoboken, New Jersey. She died in a plane crash in 1977.
1 de mar. de 2022 · Frank Sinatra’s mother died in a plane crash. In 1977, Dolly was on a plane to Las Vegas to watch her son perform at Caesar’s Palace when the aircraft vanished off radar screens.
9 de feb. de 2017 · Dolly Sinatra was a progressive and influential woman who worked as a midwife and provided illegal abortions for Catholic Italian women in Hoboken. She was also a Democratic leader, a women's rights supporter and a bootlegger during Prohibition.
31 de oct. de 2010 · Dolly — a nickname acquired as a little girl for being so pretty — was loud, relentlessly foul-mouthed, brilliant (she had a natural facility for languages) and toweringly ambitious. The...
8 de nov. de 2022 · Dolly Sinatra was a fearless political activist who fought for voting rights, reproductive rights, and her husband's career. She chained herself to City Hall, delivered votes, and ran a tavern where Frank Sinatra sang for the first time.
10 de dic. de 2015 · Frank Sinatra with his mother Natalie “Dolly” Sinatra in 1976. “Dolly was a doughty campaigner for women’s rights. She was an open advocate of the right to choose and, free of charge, helped...
When Sinatra was six, his uncle Babe, Dolly's brother, was arrested for driving a getaway car after a Railway Express truck driver was murdered. Though Dolly attended his trial daily and attempted to evoke sympathy, her brother was convicted and sentenced to prison for 15 years. [34]
