[Dixielandjazz] Frank Sinatra-- Victor Horwitz writes

[Norman Vickers]

To:  Musicians and Jazzfans list; DJML

From:  Victor Horwitz via Norman Vickers

 

Victor lives in San Francisco Bay Area.  He’s avid jazz-fan and worked for Levi Strauss & company prior to retirement.  He was famous for his gift of Levi’s socks to the musicians.  Neat anecdote in its own right.

 

Victor writes this about Sinatra. Thanks, Victor.

 

From: Victor Horwitz [mailto:vladimeer2002 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 5:31 PM
To: Norman Vickers
Subject: Frank Sinatra

 

  Hi Norman          True or not, this was told to me when I owned a house

         in Palm Springs many years ago.

  When Sinatra's mother died, several eulogies were given by various

    religious entities because of Sinatra's fame and because his mother

    lived in Palm Springs (a huge, fenced residence property - where

   he probably stayed when in the area).

   A few eulogies were perfunctory but an impassioned one by Rabbi Joe

   Hurwitz (whom I knew) so impressed Sinatra that he wanted to give

   the rabbi a token of his appreciation.  The rabbi declined and suggested

   he make a contribution to the rabbi's temple.  

     Sinatra did so - to the tune of $300,000 to pay off their mortgage.

     As stated above, whether true or not, I never had the inclination to

    find out anything about it.

 

    Another possible anecdote ?            Victor