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Frank Sinatra Last Will and Testament
Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Frank Sinatra.
- Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra (1915-1998), whose nicknames include "Old Blue Eyes" and "the Chairman of the Board", was an American singer and actor who began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. During the 1940s he launched a solo career and became a teen idol. In the 1950s, he found new fame as an actor, especially after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity.
- Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records and recorded a number of very successful albums, touring internationally. He was a founding member of the so-called Rat Pack (which included Dean Martin and Peter Lawford), and fraternized with celebrities and presidents, including President John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
- Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with sales of his music dwindling, and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums; scored a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980; and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.
- Sinatra also forged a career as a dramatic actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Man with the Golden Arm. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town.
- Frank Sinatra was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. He was also the recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Janis Joplin Last Will and Testament
Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Janis Joplin (1943-1970).
- Janis Joplin was an American blues rock singer and an enduring icon of the '60's youth movement.
- Her incendiary stage performances, problems with drug and alcohol abuse, and her tumultuous love life formed the basis for the movie The Rose.
- Joplin's musical legacy changed the history of rock & roll.
- Janis Joplin died of a drug overdose in 1970, at the age of 27.
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Jerry Garcia Last Will and Testament
Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Jerome John 'Jerry' Garcia (1942-1995).
- Jerry Garcia was an American musician best known as one of the original founders of The Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.
- Garcia also co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage with John Dawson and David Nelson.
- He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked by Rolling Stone at number 13 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
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Jim Morrison Last Will and Testament
Download this free copy of the Last Will & Testament of Jim Morrison (full name James Douglas Morrison) (1943-1971).
- Morrison was an American rock songwriter and lead singer for The Doors (Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore).
- His deep baritone voice, poetic lyrics and exotic demeanor helped make the band one of one of rock's most potent, controversial, and theatrical acts.
- Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris at the age of 28, probably due to his excessive drug and alcohol use. His grave site holds almost mystical significance for many of his fans.
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John Lennon Last Will and Testament
Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of John Winston Ono Lennon (1940-1980).
- John Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history. He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history, after McCartney.
- After The Beatles split, Lennon enjoyed a successful solo career, and was often in the media spotlight for his activities as a peace activist. Following a self-imposed retirement to raise his son Sean, Lennon reemerged with a comeback album, Double Fantasy, but was murdered less than one month after its release. The album would go on to win the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- In 2002, respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted Lennon Number 8. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lennon number 38 on its list of the 50 greatest artists of all time (but he actually took two spots, because the Beatles were number one).
- John Lennon was posthumously inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Linda McCartney Last Will and Testament
Download a copy of the Last Will and Testament of Linda McCartney (1941-1998).
- Linda McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. She was born Linda Louise Eastman, to Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman, heiress to the Lindner Department Store fortune.
- She married Paul McCartney of The Beatles on March 12 1969, and was a member of Wings. The McCartneys had four children together: Heather Louise (from her previous marriage, whom Paul McCartney adopted in 1969), Mary Anna, Stella Nina, and James Louis.
- Linda became Lady McCartney when her husband Paul was knighted in 1997.
- McCartney wrote several vegetarian cookbooks, became a business entrepreneur (starting the Linda McCartney Foods company) and was a professional photographer, publishing Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era.
- Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995 and died at the age of 56 at the McCartneys' family ranch in Tucson, Arizona.
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Whitney Houston Last Will and Testament
Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012).
- Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
- Houston is the only musical artist ever to chart 7 consecutive U.S. #1 hits.
- As a young woman she was much sought as a model, but singing was always her first love.
- In the last few years of her life, her career accomplishments were overshadowed by her personal problems and substance abuse issues. She died in February 2012 from a combination of drowning, the effects of heart disease and cocaine use.
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