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FD-356 (Rev. 7-16-63) od rr | P=) ING FROM out FOOL E SHOW BUSINESS BY TED THACKREY JR. Times Saff Writer [rank SinatraJannounced his re- lirement from show business and from public life Tuesday, In a letter written at his home in Paln Springs, the Academy Award- winning actor and singer said that his decision was "final" and that it included participation in political af- fairs as well as entertainment. - "For over three decades," he wrote, "I have had the preat and good fortune to enjoy a rich, reward- ing and deeply satisfying career as an entertainer and public figure." Those years, “fruitful, busy, up- light, loose, sometimes boisterous, occasionally sad, but always excit- ing," he said, nevertheless allowed him little opportunity for "reflec- tion, reading, self-examination and that need which every thinking man hag for a fallow period.” fle said he hoped to spend more .* time with his family, with close friends and to do “some writing, perhaps even... teaching.” — The letter, addressed to a New York Daily News columnist called Suzy, was later confirmed by a Sina- tra spokesman in Los An- geles, who added that -he had not been notified in advance of the singer's plans. Sinatra himsetf re mained in seclusion in Palm Springs, in the golf- course hame he shares with his mother, Mrs. An- thony Sinatra. The singer, 55, said his retirement would be effec-! tive "immediately" and ad-, ded that there would be no further announcements. . His career, which began: with occasional singing engagements as part of a’ group when he was a teen- ager, grew to major pro- ager in New Jersey, grew to major proportions dur- ing his early years as a datree- part vocalis {Mount Clipping in Space Selow) “LSS We ALL IMPORLat HEREIN IS § (Indicate page, name of He appeared first with yTyopmes, ther with Tommy Dorsey in the late 1920s, but shot to stardom in the years immediately preceding World War II with specialized vocals such as "I'll Never Smile Again” and "The Music Stopped." -__— ing, screaming bobby-soxers mob s rances at the New York Paramount and produced 2 bonanza of pub- Hicity that subsequently propelled him to Holly- wood. There he appeared as a singer in numerous successfu] but undistin- guished motion pictures. His first marriage, to childhood sweetheart Nancy Barbato, dissolved fn-the yeasty atmosphere of movie-making and per- sonal fame, but he re- mained on friendly term: ife and family, Date: Edition: Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Cl Betng Investigated SéARCHED. ee hews&paper, city and state.} 3/2/71 Wednesday Fin Submitting Office: Los c wenn UNDE X SERIALIZED. Fitep. Pee Ce eee ‘bh ts § [ ?-"T8!I — LOS ANGELES Se Leet