Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and an artist himself, has died on 16 march 2016. He was 72. 
•    When Sinatra Jr was 19 in 1963, three men kidnapped him at gunpoint from a Lake Tahoe hotel. He was returned safely after two days when his family paid $240,000 for his release.
•    Sinatra Jr. had nearly two dozen TV and movie credits as an actor, including appearances on The Love Boat and Marcus Welby, MD – most recently providing his own voice for two episodes of Family Guy.
•    In 2015 he performed the national anthem at Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees games in celebration of the centennial of his father’s birth.
•    He was scheduled to perform Thursday night in St Petersburg, Florida, in a show featuring his father’s songbook. 
•    The venue’s website mentioned Sinatra Jr’s death in cancelling the show. 
•    He had other tour dates booked for May, September and October in the midwest and on the east coast.
•    Sinatra Jr was married in 1998 but divorced in 2000. He is survived by a son, Michael.