Sinatra married first love Nancy Barbato in 1939 - who is still alive and aged 97 - and they had three children before divorcing in 1951. RELATED ARTICLES Previous ...

Frank Sinatra remained close with each of his four wives throughout his life. Here’s everything to know about Frank Sinatra’s wives, Nancy Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx.

When Ava Gardner first met Frank Sinatra in 1943, ... Sinatra was still married to his longtime sweetheart Nancy Barbato. But that didn’t stop Gardner or Sinatra from seeing each other.

First wife Nancy is now 97. Frank Sinatra, one of the country’s greatest singers, died in 1998. Gardner died in 1990. Frank had married Nancy Barbato in 1939, and they divorced in 1951.

During his marriage to Nancy, Sinatra met actress Ava Gardner at MGM Studios and began dating her in 1947. Though Nancy knew of the affair, she didn’t want to divorce the "My Way" vocalist.

Frank Sinatra was married before he met Ava Gardner When Sinatra and Gardner began dating in 1949, the singer was still with his first wife, Nancy Barbato. He married Barbato in 1939, before he ...

Nancy Sinatra, Sr. and Frank Sinatra were childhood sweethearts whose marriage of a dozen years ended in 1951 with his public affair with Ava Gardner. She never remarried. Terry Disney / Getty Images ...

Film actress Ava Gardner and Sinatra first met in 1943 while she was at a club with her then-husband, actor Mickey Rooney. Sinatra was also married at the time to his first wife, Nancy.

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Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra's romance began as an ... Nancy Barbato. In 1949, Sinatra and Gardner were both attending a party when a drunken Sinatra asked an equally-intoxicated Gardner to ...

The stormy love story of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner is part of Hollywood lore. But he had a few regrets in conducting that romance his way, daughter Nancy says. The Oscar-winning singer rued lea… ...

He was married four times and dated some of the most beautiful women in the world. But Frank Sinatra secretly wished that he had not left his first wife for Ava Gardner - even though it could have ...