VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Sinatra Got His Teeth Knocked Out by a Casino Exec
Carl Cohen, the 250-lb. vice president of the Sands Hotel, delivered a roundhouse punch to Frank Sinatra’s mouth on Sept. 11, 1967. That punch was well-deserved, but it didn’t knock his teeth out.
Two days earlier, the Sands, upon orders from new owner Howard Hughes, cut off the crooner’s casino credit and informed him he could no longer gamble unless he paid back the $200K that he already owed ($1.9 million today).
The world’s most famous pair of blue eyes turned fiery red.
Sinatra not only canceled his remaining engagements at the Sands’ Copa Room — where the Rat Pack had performed together since 1959 — he trashed his hotel penthouse, attempting but failing to set fire to the curtains with his Zippo lighter.
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