Pizza has NAILED IT !!!!

Sinatras Mother Dolly even bought him an early PA (Public Address System) so he could be the main guy in the Hoboken Four.

Like PB says this was at the worst of the depression.

Whenever there was a fight even in later years, before he'd take a swing at somebody he'd always make sure one of his big goon body guards or Jilly Rizzo wasn't too far away in case things got out of hand.

The only time I think he really popped somebody was Lee Meriweather.

Also most of his life (until later years) he was as skinny as a toothpick. Dean had a nice build on him. Check out some of the pics of Dean with no shirt on and you'll see what I mean.

Dean was very accessible backstage. You couldn't get within 20 feet of Frank even if you were plying in the band! He was surrounded by security all the time.

Sal