lopped! To make matters worse, he lost his voice do to vocal cord hemorrhage. Fortunate enough for Frank his voice problem was only temporary. He got his career going again by resuming his recording career and appearing in motion pictures again. Frank then joined a legendary group known as the “Rat Pack.”It included Frank, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. The group performed together in Las Vegas in the 1950s and co-starred in several movies, including Ocean’s Eleven, Sergeants Three, and Robin and the Seven Hoods. The Rat Pack first gained fame with their work for JFK's presidential campaign. Sinatra and the others were big supporters of the campaign, doing publicity and photo shoots.When you here the name Frank Sinatra most people think of the Mafia. Frank was first linked to the Mafia in 1947 in a column report that stated he was seen in Havana with mobster Lucky Luciano. Later, he was tied to both the Mafia "and" the Communists. The Committee on Un-American Activities said he followed some of the Communist Party line program. However, Sinatra denied any involvement with the Communists. Up to this point Sinatra was angry. In fact he was so angry he punched Hearst gossip columnist Lee Mortimer at Ciro’s, a Hollywood hot nightspot. The Hearst papers went nuts, running whole pages on this incident, and repeated stories on the Mafia/Communist charges. Sinatra, trying to come up with an excuse, said he punched Mortimer because the columnist called him a "dago"! Because of this whole fiasco, former president John F. Kennedy disowned Frank, which eventually turned this former democrat, into a strong republican.For many years the FBI had been keeping an eye on Frank, and earlier this year they released some of those pages they had recorded on Sinatra. Some of the files were on such topics as The Rat Pack and prostitutes, Frank and the mob, and Affairs with numerous movie stars. Amo...
