History: The Rat Pack

Legacy
Concerning the group's reputation for womanizing and heavy drinking, Joey Bishop stated in a 1998 interview: "I never saw Frank, Dean, Sammy, or Peter drunk during performances. That was only a gag! And do you believe these guys had to chase broads? They had to chase 'em away!"
The five key members of the sixties Rat Pack are now deceased:
• Peter Lawford died on December 24, 1984 of cardiac arrest complicated by kidney and liver failure at the age of 61.