Vic Damone Dead At 89

Vic Damone is dead at the age of 89 — wrapping up a career that went from topping the charts to starring in some of Hollywood's wildest romances!

The chart-topping legend passed away in Miami surrounded by relatives, and even received a call from President Trump in his final days. He had already outlived his biggest fan, with Frank Sinatra saying the Brooklyn native “had the best pipes in the business.” Unlike his old pal, Damone's chart career and occasional film work couldn't survive the coming of The Beatles — but he had a wild career nearly as colorful as his fellow legend!

Vic himself claimed that Sinatra saved him from going to jail after he learned his first wife, Italian actress Pier Angeli, was having an affair. (She had originally left James Dean for the singer after catching the actor in bed with Marlon Brando.) Vic recalled that he was getting in his car to murder her lover when Sinatra sent his personal bodyguard Poochie to drag him over to his place to settle down, declaring: " Get out of the car. Mr. Sinatra wants to see you!"

Vic also said Sinatra saved his skin when he once owed bookies $250,000 — with Frank stepping in to guarantee the payment. The fading crooner would later go on to earn a steady living in Las Vegas beginning in the '70s, after his second marriage to his wife Judith ended in 1971. Then he made headlines with a scandalous 1982 split from third wife Becky (pictured).

The faded star lost big in the settlement after insiders said Becky had threatened to go public about his "mean" and "vicious" temper. Vic found new fame when he married "Dynasty" star Diahann Carroll in 1987 — becoming half of one of showbiz's few interracial couples at the time.

But that union was doomed, too, as sources reported that Diahann had finally dumped Vic because golf had become his one true love. Vic finally found true love with his wife Rena in 1998. He was left a widower in 2016 — with pals saying the couple lasted because "Rena always stayed wrapped up in his singing!"