Sinatra, Martin to get stars on Las Vegas Walk

Sinatra, Martin to get stars on Las Vegas Walk

LAS VEGAS — Sin City is paying homage to iconic singers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin by giving them each a place on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. Las Vegas Walk of Stars spokesman Pablo Castro Zavala said stars for the crooners would be unveiled Feb. 22 in a ceremony at the Flamingo Las Vegas casino-resort. The stars will then be placed in the sidewalk outside the Flamingo on the Las Vegas Strip.

Sinatra and Martin are icons of Sin City entertainment because of their appearances on stage, in film and on television. The Rat Pack performers appeared in the 1960 movie “Ocean’s Eleven,” about a plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.

Officials say Dean Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, will accept his star on behalf of her father.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Robert Wagner is 80. Singer Roberta Flack is 73. Singer Jimmy Merchant of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 70. Actress Laura Dern is 43. Actress Elizabeth Banks (“Scrubs”) is 36. Singer Eric Dill (The Click Five) is 28. Actress Emma Roberts (“Unfabulous,” “Nancy Drew”) is 19.

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