Frank Sinatra died on 14 May 1998 in Los Angeles, aged 82. An American singer and actor from Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra rose to fame as a vocalist with the big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey and as a teenage idol in the 1940s. After a career slump he revived it by winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity in 1953, then recorded a series of landmark albums for Capitol Records, such as In the Wee Small Hours. His signature songs include My Way, New York, New York and Strangers in the Night. He founded Reprise Records and led the Rat Pack in Las Vegas. Nicknamed the Chairman of the Board, he is considered one of the greatest popular singers of the century.
Before and after
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- 10 April 1998Good Friday Agreement
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- from 6 May 1998 to 25 May 2000Eritrean–Ethiopian War
- 14 May 1998Death of Frank Sinatra
- from 20 May 1998 to 26 May 19981998 War in Abkhazia
- 1 June 1998Founding of European Central Bank
- 5 June 1998Creation of Symbian
- from 6 June 1998 to 22 February 2004Premiere of Sex and the City
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