When the Rat Pack ruled supreme

Fifty years ago Frank Sinatra and his buddies helped catapult John F Kennedy into the White House, an unforgettable moment in US historyThey had it made. The booze, the broads, the banter. The handmade suits, the swimming pools, the automatic welcome into the backrooms of restaurants owned by men of discretion. From Las Vegas to Palm Springs to Miami, they lived in a world of endless sunshine. Nothing, surely, could be as much fun as the life of the Rat Pack at the dawn of the 60s. The more they...

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