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Frank Sinatra moves into the Waldorf Astoria

The Waldorf Astoria Hotel

301 Park Ave, New York, NY

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Frank Sinatra paid nearly $1 million a year to keep it as his suite at the hotel between 1979 and 1988, which he called home when out of Los Angeles. Sinatra took over part of the hotel during the filming of 'The First Deadly Sin' in 1980.

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