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Celebrating 100 years of Frank Sinatra

 The life of the past century's most celebrated singer - Frank Sinatra - is being celebrated at the New York Public Library of Performing Arts to mark the upcoming centennial of his birth. The exhibit opened to the public on Wednesday and features items from Ol' Blue Eye's life, including his Grammy's and his Oscar.

I spoke with his daughter Nancy, and his granddaughter Amanda Erlinger, who saw the exhibit for the first time this week.

"I think he'd be humbled," said Amanda. "He'd be amazed."

The family lent some of their most intimate mementos to the exhibit, curated by the Grammy Museum: early photos and his first Hoboken identification card. They wanted fans to see the human side of Sinatra.

Read entire article at CBS News