4 JULY 1998, Page 38

Frank who?

Sir: I was intrigued to read Joan Collins's Diary (30 May) and, in particular, the final paragraph about Frank Sinatra. Miss Collins says in this, 'I remember him telling me that when Who's Who had asked him to write his own entry, he'd said that three words would suffice: Sinatra, Frank. Baritone.'

This may indeed have been what the `chairman of the board' told Miss Collins. It is not, however, what he wrote for us. I have in front of me a photocopy of Mr Sinatra's Who's Who invitation form, com- piled in considerable detail, signed by him on 3 August 1956.

Charles Black

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