Frank Sinatra died 19 years before his fourth and final wife, Barbara Sinatra (left, with Frank), who died at age 90 on July 25 last year. But the bad blood between Barbara and Frank’s daughters continues to boil over! Tina and Nancy (right), Frank’s now-septuagenarian daughters from his first wife, Nancy Sr., who died this past July 13, “are steamed their stepmom’s estate is auctioning off priceless items they feel should have gone to them,” snitched an insider. The trove includes photos of Frank with Rat Pack pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, scripts with notes he scribbled in the margins for his iconic flicks “Ocean’s 11” and “From Here to Eternity,” his awards, self-created artworks and his portrait painted by iconic artist Norman Rockwell. Read on for details of why the Sinatras are stewing, and click here for news of more celebrity feuds ….
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“Those shouldn’t be bought and sold,” said the insider. “To think that they’ll be auctioned off to the highest bidder is horrid and cheap. But everyone knows there wasn’t any love lost between Barbara and her stepkids. She made sure they didn’t get any of this and it’s a final stab in the back.”
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Barbara left everything to her son, Bobby — her child from her first marriage to Robert Oliver — leaving Nancy and Tina (shown here with Frank Jr. and their parents in 1949) out in the cold. A rep for the Sinatra family insists there’s no feud or bitterness between the girls and their stepbrother.
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But sources say the Sinatra sisters want Ol’ Blue Eyes’ things! “The auction isn’t until December, so you can bet they are doing everything they can to get their dad’s precious belongings back,” said the source.
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“The sisters want to preserve their dad’s dignity and memory," said the insider. "They’re certain Frank would be turning over in his grave knowing
his artwork and things he considered most personal were going to total strangers. But as Sinatra himself sang:
That’s life!”
“Those shouldn’t be bought and sold,” said the insider. “To think that they’ll be auctioned off to the highest bidder is horrid and cheap. But everyone knows there wasn’t any love lost between Barbara and her stepkids. She made sure they didn’t get any of this and it’s a final stab in the back.”
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Barbara left everything to her son, Bobby — her child from her first marriage to Robert Oliver — leaving Nancy and Tina (shown here with Frank Jr. and their parents in 1949) out in the cold. A rep for the Sinatra family insists there’s no feud or bitterness between the girls and their stepbrother.
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But sources say the Sinatra sisters want Ol’ Blue Eyes’ things! “The auction isn’t until December, so you can bet they are doing everything they can to get their dad’s precious belongings back,” said the source.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“The sisters want to preserve their dad’s dignity and memory," said the insider. "They’re certain Frank would be turning over in his grave knowing
his artwork and things he considered most personal were going to total strangers. But as Sinatra himself sang:
That’s life!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
