Hoboken’s favorite son, Frank Sinatra, continues to evoke images of the good life nearly 17 years after a heart attack dealt its fatal blow on May 14, 1998. Ol’ Blue Eyes will always be remembered for meeting life on his own terms summed up in the signature anthem “My Way.”

His long-breath, vocal style and impeccable phrasing conveyed emotions with personal conviction in the rhythms of everyday language, and for six decades, he influenced pop culture from the World War II swing era right up to his climatic multimillion selling “Duets” albums in the early ‘90s.

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