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Life in the fast lane

In 1990, 74-year-old Frank Sinatra wrote an open letter to George Michael, who had been interviewed for the Los Angeles Times where he was described as “the reluctant pop star” who “lives in hopes of reducing the strain of his celebrity status”.

“My first reaction,” Sinatra wrote, “was he should thank the good Lord every morning when he wakes up to have all that he has. And no more of that talk about ‘the tragedy of

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