Frank Sinatra, Dean Martins Beverly Hills brawl almost left prominent millionaire dead: author

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin got into a barroom brawl in Beverly Hills that nearly left someone dead – and the details remain murky decades later.Author and longtime People magazine contributor Scott Huver has written a new book, “Beverly Hills Noir: Crime, Sin, & Scandal in 90210,” that explores some of the most outrageous incidents to occur in the star-studded city.“These two guys were at the very top of the entertainment food chain,” Huver told Fox News Digital.“They couldn’t have been more popular; they couldn’t have been more well paid and more iconic in 1966 when the incident happened.”“For something like this to throw a monkey wrench into their lives… something as simple as a couple of cross words and racial epithets thrown around in a bar [led] to fisticuffs that ultimately threatened their careers should things take a really dark turn,” said Huver. “It’s a very little explored facet of both men’s careers.

It hinges on one night in both of their lives that should have been a celebration for Dean’s 49th birthday.”On the night of June 8, 1966, Sinatra and Martin were at the Polo Lounge alongside Sinatra’s bodyguard/pal, Jilly Rizzo, actor Richard Conte, as well as plenty of ladies.Sitting next to them at a booth was Frederick Rand Weisman, a prominent art collector and the former president of Hunt’s Food, who was accompanied by businessman Franklin H.Fox.

The men were barely sitting for 10 minutes when Weisman grew increasingly annoyed by the “rowdy laughter” of the celebrity guests.That’s when Weisman got up and did something few people dared to do: ask Sinatra and his pals to quiet down.Sinatra claimed that Weisman told him, “You talk too f——g loud, and you have a bunch of loudmouthed friends,” before using “a certain d-word and a certain w-word that Italian Americans typically object to,” Huver wrote. Some claimed that Weisman also scolded Sinatra for using foul language in front of ladies.S...