Washington
(ANI):
Legendary
singer
Frank
Sinatra's
turbulent
love
affair
with
screen
stunner
Ava
Gardner
made
him
attempt
suicide
twice
in
almost
a
year,
reveals
a
new
tell-all
book
about
the
star.
Written
by
celebrity
author
Tom
Santopietro,
the
book,
titled
'Sinatra
in
Hollywood',
details
the
singer's
alleged
internal
struggles.
Sinatra
married
Gardner
in
1951,
making
her
the
second
of
his
four
wives.
Santopietro's
book
revealed
that
Sinatra
cut
his
wrists
in
friend
Jimmy
Van
Heusen's
New
York
apartment
in
1953,
the
same
year
the
pair
initially
split.
"The
author
reveals
that
Van
Heusen's
unexpected
return
saved
the
singer
from
bleeding
to
death," Contactmusic
quoted
a
publishing
source
as
telling
the
National
Enquirer.
The
source
added:
"Sinatra's
first
attempt
at
suicide
had
occurred
a
year
earlier
after
yet
another
debilitating
fight
with
Ava.
He
inhaled
gas
from
the
kitchen
stove
in
a
different
friend's
apartment.
The
book
also
says
Ava
had
two
abortions
while
they
were
together
without
consulting
Frank,
saying
that
a
sane
lifestyle
necessary
for
raising
children
just
wasn't
possible
with
him."
Sinatra
and
Gardner
were
finally
divorced
in
1957.