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Grace retired from Hollywood after only eleven films. Her first important role was as Gary Cooper's wife in High Noon. She played opposite Clark Gable in Mogambo, James Stewart in Rear Window and Frank Sinatra in High Society, and she won an Oscar in 1955 as Bing Crosby's wife in The Country Girl...
That honor was returned last Saturday, with affection. Among those film celebrities, pop notables and real and Graustarkian dignitaries who attended her funeral were Nancy Reagan, French President François Mitterrand's wife Danielle, Ireland's President Patrick Hillery, Gary Grant, Frank Sinatra's wife Barbara, Film Mogul Sam Spiegel, Racing Driver Jackie Stewart, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Bertil of Sweden, Princess Benedikta of Denmark, Don Juan de Bourbon, father of Spain's King Juan-Carlos, Holland's Prince Bernhard, Grand Duchess Josephine of Luxembourg, Michael, former King of Rumania, Frederika, former Queen...
...replaced and no one will notice or care. But a Terry Bradshaw, a James Jefferson or even a Tim Fox are more marketable and valuable commodities. So, whe NFLPA players' representative Ed Garvey suggests that NFL football players are, indeed entertainers and are similar to personalities like Frank Sinatra, he has made a valuable point...
...Bronx, and in the summer dusk one may see a few blazes set by arsonists burning down the ghetto for the insurance. There in the distance Yankee Stadium glows with its wonderful radioactive light: a gem in a slum. One comes early for the batting practice; Frank Sinatra sings New York, New York over the p.a. system. Up in the broadcast booth, Phil Rizzuto is exclaiming, "Holy cow!" and "Huckleberry!" It is momentarily lovely...
Still, some of the stars continue to draw, and a very few continue to command huge salaries. Frank Sinatra, for instance, attracts not only customers, but high-rolling customers. During the eight days he played Atlantic City's Resorts International this past June, the drop was $6.5 million larger than it had been during the same period in 1981, more than enough to justify his staggering fee of $50,000 a show. "We didn't fork over the kind of money we gave Sinatra because we're nice guys," says Resorts Executive Vice President H. Steve Norton...