Barbara Marx, born Barbara Joanna Blakeley on October 16, 1927, was the wife of former comedian-turned agent Zeppo Marx from September 18, 1959 until she divorced him in 1972 or 1973. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Zeppo Marx Herbert Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 29, 1979) is best known as Zeppo Marx, the name he used when he performed with his brothers, The Marx Brothers. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Missouri-born Barbara Blakeley married Robert Harrison Oliver, an executive with the Miss Universe pageant, in the mid- to late-1940s, a marriage which produced a son, Robert (aka Bobby), but ended in divorce. Blakely became a Las Vegas showgirl in the 1950s, modeled clothing for Mister Blackwell and, according to Blackwell, was a regular at hotel/casino bars in order to come into contact with high rollers. This was how she met Marx. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Her son Bobby was adopted by Zeppo Marx when he married Barbara, as his second wife, on September 18, 1959, and Bobby became known as Bobby Marx. Years later Barbara would try to get Frank Sinatra to legally adopt Marx when Marx was a grown man; Sinatra's children intervened and prevented it. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early 1970s she started seeing Frank Sinatra, as a friend at first and later as a lover. The two were married from July 11, 1976 until his death on May 14, 1998. It was Frank's fourth and final marriage, and the longest-lasting one, despite Barbara's cool relations with Frank's children (from his first marriage). According to Frank's biography by Kitty Kelley and confirmed by Frank's daughter Tina in her book My Father's Daughter, Frank's mother railed at the thought of Barbara as a daugher-in-law, "I don't want no whore in this family!" Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered by many to have been the finest male popular song vocalist of all time. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Author Kitty Kelley Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling biographies of celebrities and politicians--which have led to her international--and controversial--reputation as the first lady of the unauthorized biography genre. ...

Best known as Barbara Marx, she is also sometimes credited as Barbara Sinatra.

External links

• Barbara Marx at the Internet Movie Database