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- Frankie Valli is one of the most recognizable voices in classic rock, with tons of hits with his band The Four Seasons and as a solo artist.
- He has been married four times throughout his life and career.
- Frankie married his fourth wife Jackie Jacobs on June 26, 2023.
Very few people sound like falsetto Frankie Valli! The Four Seasons singer, 89, has one of the most distinctive voices in music, heard on hits both as a solo artist and as vocalist for The Four Seasons, including “Sherry ”, “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”, and many others. His life and career were also chronicled in a Broadway musical Jersey Boys and the subsequent biopic.
Throughout his career, Frankie has also been the voice of several love songs, which have been popular for generations (see: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”). Naturally, he has been inspired by several different women, being married four times. Recently, he got married Jackie Jacobs in Las Vegas on June 26, 2023. Find out more about the three women Frankie has married in the past, including Jackie here.
Mary Mandel
Frankie married his first wife Mary Mandel in 1957, before the group changed their name to The Four Seasons and became very successful. When Frankie married his first wife, she already had a wife Celia from a previous relationship. During their marriage, Frankie and Mary had two more daughters Antonia and Francis.
Frankie and Mary usually kept their relationship out of the limelight, but parts of their relationship were included in the music Jersey Boys, although the character’s name was changed to Mary Delgado. When the play was changed into the Clint Eastwood –biopic directed in 2014, Renee Marino Mary played. Grandson of Frankie and Mary Olivia Valli he later participated in the 2019 production of the show. “I like to honor my family eight times a week doing what I love,” she said. The Italian Tribune.
The couple divorced after 13 years in 1971. Unfortunately, Frankie and Mary suffered family problems after their separation. Celia died in an accident in February 1980, and six months later their daughter Francine died of an accidental drug overdose. Francine’s death was included Jersey Boys. He opened up about their two deaths in a 2013 interview Tableau. “Obviously, losing a child was a very difficult experience,” he said. “It’s not something you ever, ever get over. It’s not supposed to be so.”
Mary Ann Hannigan
After his divorce from Mary, Frankie married his second wife Mary Ann Hannigan in 1974. He admitted that he met her in 1970, but it took him time to let himself fall in love with her in a 1975 interview. People. “She was a friend when I needed one but because I had been hurt before, I resisted how I felt about her,” he told the magazine. The couple split after eight year in 1982.
Randy Clohessy
Two years after the divorce from MaryAnn, Frankie married for the third time Randy Clohessy. After the pair married in 1984, they had three sons: Frankie Valli Jr. and twins Emilio and Brando. The two divorced after 20 years of marriage in 2004.
Frankie and Randy’s divorce led to some legal issues. There was some controversy over whether a life insurance policy Frankie purchased in 2003 qualified as “community property,” since he had named Randy as the owner and beneficiary of the policy, according to The SF Gate. The court ruled in Frankie’s favor, saying that he was the part owner after the divorce.
Jackie Jacobs
After the divorce from Randy, it was almost two decades before Frankie remarried. He tied the knot with Jackie Jacobs, 60, after eight years together at a ceremony in Las Vegas at the West Gate Hotel on June 26, 2023. Jackie was a former CBS marketing executive.
The couple reportedly first met in 2007, but didn’t start dating until 2015. His social media team congratulated the couple with a sweet post on Instagram after they to tie a knot. Frankie shared a statement saying he was happy to have fallen in love again. “It’s awesome to have found love again at this point in my life,” he said People.
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