Fox Run Residents Celebrate Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday with Show-Stopping Kick Line

NOVI, MI – Scores of Fox Run retirement community residents November 20 formed what is – arguably – Michigan’s Largest Retiree Kick Line to Frank Sinatra’s song “New York New York.”

They did so during their celebration of Sinatra’s 100th birthday at a dance party with Sinatra vocalist/impersonator Gary Sacco that featured a Jack Daniels (Sinatra’s favorite drink) toast.

This Kick Line was part of month-long “Fridays with Frank” interactive events at Fox Run that included storytelling sessions, movies, a piano performance, trivia contest, and a special pub celebration.

Known as “The Voice” and “The Chairman of the Board,” Frank Sinatra is considered by many the greatest entertainer in the history of American popular culture. He is also one of the most controversial. For more than 60 years, the public saw him entertain millions of fans around the world.

Fewer people knew that he was also a generous philanthropist. But there was also a dark side to his volatile personality. For years he fought with the press, his four wives and the U.S. government.

Frank Sinatra’s actual 100th birthday is December 12, but Fox Run residents (seen in photos by Richard Coulter) wanted to celebrate the occasion early.