The Italian-American from Newark, New Jersey, describes how she grew up around mobsters - but that close connection to the mafia cost her brother his life after he turned informant and was found dead with two bullets to his head. She recalls how she once kept Frank Sinatra waiting for 30 minutes in Las Vegas because she was on a roll while playing Blackjack, even if it was only a $35.īut despite her success with hit tracks such as Where the Boys Are, Stupid Cupid, and Lipstick on my Collar, Francis admits her life wasn't always glamorous. And to celebrate the milestone, the songstress – who skyrocketed to fame in the 1950s and 1960s – is revealing intimate details of her life. Music legend Connie Francis turns 80 on Tuesday. However, Francis still had close ties and even called up a big shot to stop from having Don Rickles' legs broken because he made fun of a mobster's date.Francis, from Newark, New Jersey, grew up around mobsters but the close association resulted in the murder of her brother turned informant in 1981.She once kept Frank Sinatra waiting because she was on a roll while playing Blackjack in Vegas - gleeful over her $35 win.Francis said Darin told her: 'Bad timing baby, the friggin' worst! This has got to be a set up and when I find the mastermind, he DIES'.Francis' controlling Italian-American father forbid her from being with her 'one true love' songwriter Bobby Darin.The music legend is revealing intimate details of her life, including her brutal rape in 1974.Francis explains why she made her bombshell revelations in new book, Among My Souvenirs, in an exclusive interview with.Singer Connie Francis, known for hit tracks Where the Boys Are and Stupid Cupid, is celebrating her 80th birthday by releasing a new memoir.EXCLUSIVE: Pop singer Connie Francis reveals her father called her 'damaged goods' after she was raped at knife-point, she once found 'true love' Bobby Darin in bed with two hookers and saved Don Rickles from a mob hit
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