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valleyrogue

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4. I still have a copy of that 1974 column where he eviscerated Frank Sinatra.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 10:55 PM

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It had been reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle. It was so vicious, so good, I had to save it.

Fifty-two years later, I can still remember entire lines from that column. My favorite line was this: "When you looked into the ol' blue eyes, you saw the River Stix."

Sinatra wasn't happy with Reed's barbs, but he survived.

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