Biography of the rat pack part 5

They were the toast of Hollywood, a group of actors who came together at the Los Angeles home of silver-screen stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

But their effect on the popular culture would extend beyond California’s sunny climes and help put the then fairly modest resort and gambling destination of Las Vegas, Nevada firmly on the tourist map.

The Pack were singers and actors Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), Dean Martin (1917-1995), Sammy Davis Jr.

(1925-1990), British actor and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, Peter Lawford (1923-1984), and comedian and talk-show host Joey Bishop (1918-2007). At the height of their appeal in the first half of the 1960s, a reported 34,000 people flocked to the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas over a four-week season to take in their swagger, antics and camaraderie.

The Rat Pack preferred to be called 'the Clan' or 'the Summit'

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