Patrons of our Marriott hotels in Myrtle Beach can easily enjoy the areaâs top attractions, including Family Kingdom Amusement Park, a Myrtle Beach institution and home to the largest Ferris wheel in the state. Browse our hotels near the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk to stay close to the action.
Early Life. Francis Albert Frank Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The only child of Sicilian immigrants, a teenaged Sinatra decided to become a singer after watching Bing Crosby perform. He dropped out of high school, where he was a member of the glee club, and began to sing at local nightclubs.
Personal Life. Frank Sinatra married his childhood sweetheart, Nancy Barbato, in 1939. They had three children togetherâ Nancy (born in 1940), Frank Sinatra Jr. (born in 1944) and Tina (born in 1948)âbefore their marriage unraveled in the late 1940s. In 1951, Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner; after they split, Sinatra remarried a third time, to Mia Farrow, in 1966.