Rat Pack relations), Swifty Lazar (recording secretary and treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, George Cukor, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, and Jimmy Van Heusen. In his autobiography "The Moon's a Balloon", David Niven confirms that the Rat Pack originally included him but neither Sammy Davis, Jr. nor Dean Martin. The 1960s version of the group included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Juliet Prowse, Buddy Greco, and Shirley MacLaine were often referred to as the "Rat Pack Mascots". The post-Bogart version of the group (Bogart died in 1957)
Frank Sinatra Jr. premiere episode of the 2010 CBS legal comedy-drama "The Defenders", as well as the show's series finale. On August 17, 2015, Sinatra sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Yankee Stadium. His father's recording of "Theme from "New York, New York"" is played following the end of every Yankees home game, and Sinatra Jr. performed the song at the 2014 Belmont Stakes. Sinatra's song "Black Night," written and sung by him, was used as the theme song to Rick Alverson's feature film "Entertainment" (2015), starring Gregg Turkington and John C. Reilly. Sinatra married Cynthia McMurry on October 18, 1998; they divorced on