At age 101, Nancy Barbato, the first wife of Frank Sinatra, passed away

Nancy Barbato, the first woman of


Frank Sinatra
and the mother of her three children, died at the age of 101 years. The announcement was made by his daughter Nancy, through his Twitter account. "My mother died peacefully last night at the age of 101. She was a blessing and a light for my life, happy journey, mom, thank you for everything," she wrote.

In another message, the singer was very comforted by the greetings and gave more details about the death of her mother. "My sister and I want to thank you for your deep messages of condolence, our mother was a fighter until the end, when her brave and loving heart came out, she is survived by her sister, her daughters, her little ones -children and his great grandchildren – a difference, "he wrote, with a photo of the anniversary celebration of the old 101.

Barbato and Sinatra began their relationship during adolescence and crossed the altar in New Jersey on 4 February 1939, when the singer's career was on the verge of to take off.

The couple's first days as a new marriage were spent in an apartment in Jersey City. There they were born their first two children. Then, when Sinatra's success became unstoppable, they moved to Los Angeles. There, everything has changed. This city has exacerbated one of the most visible characteristics of the singer: his infidelity. For this reason, Nancy decided to abandon her at the precise moment when
the romance between him and actress Ava Gardner appeared. A few weeks after the divorce, Sinatra married Gardner

. Nancy never remarried. He just took care of raising his three children, Nancy, Frank and Tina.