‘The Rat Pack’, the group of mafia actors led by Frank Sinatra

In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Sammy Davis Jr were part of ‘The Rat Pack’.

Many people believe that the life of Frank Sinatrapopular American singer and actor of the 40’s, was full of glamour, music and wealth, but behind all that fame the artist lived tragic stories that led to the decline of his career.

A somewhat controversial episode was his time in the group ‘The Rat Pack’which led and was made up of Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr. and the. The band originated in 1960 for the purpose of shooting the film ocean’s lift and as a curious fact, the British actor Peter Lawford he was married to the sister of John Kennedyso they called him ‘the brother-in-law.

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Several of the features of ‘The Rat Pack’ was that its highly talented members loved to dress elegant, and they loved parties, luxuries, women and excesses very much in the style of ‘Mad Men’as they used to drink full bottles of whiskey every day.

‘The Rat Pack’ and its controversies

Though ‘The Rat Pack’ was made up of men, sometimes women joined them as Angie Dickinson, Juliet Prowse Y Shirley McLainewho suffered from machismo by their peers and the press.

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Secondly, Sammy Davis Jr. He suffered from racism during his time in the white group, since many times they questioned its members why they included him.

What relationship did they have with Kennedy and the mob?

What Peter Lawford he was brother-in-law of John kennedy, Sinatrawho was the leader of the gang, asked him to contact him to help the then senator get to the White House with a series of benefit concerts. Although Martín did not agree, for his part Sammy and Bishop followed the instructions of the ‘boss’.

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The event did not raise what was expected, so Frank Sinatra went to his friend sam giancanaa Chicago mobster of Italian parents who rallied unions to support Kennedy by using money generated from illegal Las Vegas hotel gambling halls for his campaign.

At this point it was clear that Sinatra was linked to the mobbecause in his list of acquaintances there were also The Giacalones of Detroit and Angelo Bruno from Philadelphia. This controversy led him to approach the FBI in 1950 to supposedly inform them of everything, that is, he wanted to ally himself to save himself.

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It is said that after coming to power, his brother bobby kennedy He led a campaign against the mafia and their leaders, but the contradiction in history is that they were the ones who helped him win. After this, the hotels in Las Vegas began to change owners and Sinatra He no longer wanted to perform in them and the group broke up.

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‘The Rat Pack’, the group of mafia actors led by Frank Sinatra