Sinatra Hospitalized Again; Reason Is Not Disclosed

Frank Sinatra was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons, two months after an eight-day hospital stay that fueled speculation about his condition.

Sinatra, who turned 81 on Dec. 12, arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center early Monday by private car and was admitted to a private room, said Susan Reynolds, spokeswoman for the entertainer.

“Mr. Sinatra requested that no more information be provided,� Reynolds said.

Sinatra was expected to return to his Beverly Hills home today.

Cedars-Sinai confirmed that Sinatra was there but declined to release any information on his condition.

In November, Sinatra was hospitalized for a pinched nerve and slight pneumonia. The hospitalization led to a series of television reports that Sinatra was near death, had suffered a stroke or heart attack and was in the intensive care unit hooked up to a respirator.

“I know you’ve read dreadful things,� Sinatra’s daughter, Nancy Sinatra, said in a television interview last month. “But he had a pinched nerve in his neck, and thank God he had it, because that’s how they found out he had a touch of pneumonia.�