{"id":28141,"date":"2016-01-21T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T22:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=28141"},"modified":"2016-01-22T04:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T10:27:40","slug":"why-sinatras-body-was-hidden-in-a-jewish-funeral-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/why-sinatras-body-was-hidden-in-a-jewish-funeral-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sinatra\u2019s Body Was Hidden in a Jewish Funeral Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By ABBY SHER<\/p>\n<p>(Jewniverse via JTA) \u2014 Frank Sinatra\u2019s 100th birthday (on Dec. 12, 2015) has brought on a flurry of centennial celebrations, books, exhibits and Sultan of Swoon-inspired concerts. Jack Daniel\u2019s even issued a Sinatra Century blend and Uber offered a fleet of vintage cars so people in New York City could ride in Sinatra style.<br \/>\nOne detail that maybe wasn\u2019t exactly planned for the festivities was the reveal last week that Sinatra\u2019s body was hidden after his death \u2013 in a Jewish funeral home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28158\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28158\" class=\"wp-image-28158 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28158\" class=\"wp-image-28158 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Frank_Sinatra.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-28158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Sinatra&#8217;s Grave in Cathedral City, Calif. Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sinatra died on May 14, 1998, of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He was buried six days later at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, reportedly with a pack of Camel cigarettes, a bottle of Jack Daniel\u2019s, a zippo lighter and 10 dimes. His daughter Tina once said it was so he could call from wherever he was going.<\/p>\n<p>According to Barry Wien, a funeral director in Fort Lee, N.J., \u201cThe L.A. funeral homes were besieged by paparazzi after Sinatra\u2019s death, trying to get a shot of the body. The family wisely hid the remains at a Jewish funeral home to great effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Sinatra wasn\u2019t Jewish, he was a big activist for Jewish and Israeli causes, including a youth center in the Arab town of Nazareth. It seems fitting then that when he faced \u201cthe final curtain,\u201d he was given the solemnity he deserved.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n(Abby Sher is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jewniverse is a daily email list and blog featuring extraordinary, inspirational, forgotten, and just-plain-strange dispatches from Jewish culture, tradition and history. 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