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Barbara Sinatra
Born Barbara Ann Blakeley
March 10, 1927
Bosworth, Missouri, U.S.
Died July 25, 2017 (aged 90)
Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Resting place Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
Other names Barbara Marx
Occupation Showgirl, model, socialite, philanthropist
Spouse(s) Robert Harrison Oliver
(m. 1948; div. 1952)
Herbert "Zeppo" Marx
(m. 1959; div. 1973)
Frank Sinatra
(m. 1976; d. 1998)
Children 1
Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model and showgirl, later a socialite and philanthropist.
Early years
Barbara Ann Blakeley was born on March 10, 1927, in Bosworth, Missouri, the elder of two daughters of Charles Willis Blakeley (June 29, 1895 – October 5, 1989) and Irene Prunty (née Toppass) Blakeley (June 22, 1907 – December 15, 1993). At age 10, she moved with her parents and younger sister, Patricia, to Wichita, Kansas, where she was raised, and graduated from Wichita North High School in 1944. At age 18, she moved to Long Beach, California.
Marriages
Blakeley married Robert Oliver in September 1948 and had a son, Bobby on October 10, 1950. She divorced Oliver in 1952 and married Zeppo Marx on September 18, 1959. That union ended in divorce in 1973. Then she became the fourth and final wife of Frank Sinatra from 1976 until he died in 1998.
Frank Sinatra
Barbara Marx married Sinatra on July 11, 1976, and they remained married until his death on May 14, 1998.
It was his fourth and final marriage, and her third and final marriage.
It was also the longest-lasting marriage for both. She converted to Catholicism.
According to her book, Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank, "He [Frank] never asked me to change faith for him,
,but I could tell he was pleased that I'd consider it."
Upon his death, Frank Sinatra left her $3.5 million in assets, along with mansions in Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Palm Springs. She also inherited the rights to Sinatra's Trilogy recordings, most of his material possessions, and control over his name and likeness.
Death
Barbara died on July 25, 2017, in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes at the age of 90. She died a year before Frank’s first wife, Nancy died on July 14, 2018 at the age of 101.
Legacy
The Sinatras founded the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1986. The center is adjacent to the Betty Ford Center on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center.
The non-profit facility provides individual and group therapy for young victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.

Barbara A Sinatra of Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA was born on January 29, 1938, and died at age 69 years old on February 24, 2007.
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Audrey Sinatra (Mar 10, 1929 - Dec 3, 2005)
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Benjamin Sinatra (Feb 15, 1956 - Dec 29, 2009)
Benny Sinatra (Mar 15, 1935 - Oct 3, 1996)
Bernice Sinatra (Sep 7, 1919 - Dec 7, 1990)
Biridie Sinatra (Nov 7, 1911 - Mar 5, 1966)
Calcerone Sinatra (Apr 19, 1912 - Jun 9, 1999)
Carl Sinatra (Jan 17, 1915 - Jul 1967)
Carmela Sinatra (Dec 13, 1888 - Sep 1974)
Carmella Sinatra (Jul 22, 1915 - Mar 21, 1999)
Carmine Sinatra (Jan 15, 1943 - Jan 27, 2003)
Castie Sinatra (Jun 15, 1918 - Mar 7, 2001)
Catherine Sinatra
C Carl Sinatra (Dec 23, 1913 - Apr 1983)
Celia Sinatra (May 10, 1917 - Jan 7, 2002)
Charles Sinatra
Charlie Sinatra (Mar 1, 1905 - Nov 15, 1988)
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