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The author also consulted the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid’s celebrity register, and various newspapers and magazines, including People magazine and The Washington Posi.
Background on the President’s tribute to Sinatra’s achievements in the performing arts was obtained from television coverage and several newspaper articles.
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The material on Sinatra’s participation in Reagan’s 1984 reelection campaign was obtained from various articles in The New York Times, the Washington Times, the Jersey Journal, and the Hudson Dispatch. The author also interviewed a friend of Ronald Reagan, Jr., on December 7, 1985, who requested anonymity.
On February 10, 1985, Star magazine recounted reporter Barbara Howar’s response to Sinatra’s outburst over The Washington Post’s profile, “The Rat Pack Is Back”: “The least I expected when I went up to him was to be recognized. I expected him to know who I am. It isn’t like I didn’t have dinner with him once—with Henry Kissinger. All the while we were eating, Sinatra kept bemoaning, ‘I’m not associated with the Mafia.…’ He kept beating that old horse to death. Then finally Kissinger looked at him and said, ‘I’m very disappointed, Frank. Who is going to take care of my enemies?’ ”
Information on Sinatra’s receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the honorary degree from the Stevens Institute was obtained from The Washington Post, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
Background on Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury comic strip was obtained from several newspapers, including The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
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