Barbara Ann Sinatra (formerly Oliver and Marx, born Blakeley; October 16, 1926 – July 25, 2017) was an American model, showgirl, socialite, and philanthropist and the fourth and last wife of Frank Sinatra.
Early life
Sinatra was born as Barbara Ann Blakeley on October 16, 1926, in Bosworth, Missouri, to Irene Prunty (née Toppass) and Charles Willis Blakeley. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas when she was 10. After graduating from Wichita North High School in 1944, Sinatra moved to Long Beach, California.
Upon his death in 1998, 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 Marx Sinatra 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 Barbato, who died on July 13, 2018, at the age of 101. She is buried at the Desert Memorial Park next to her husband Frank.
Legacy
The Sinatras founded the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage in 1986, which is close to the Betty Ford Center on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.