FRANK SINATRA JR., the singer and only son of the iconic entertainer, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday. He was 72.

    Sinatra Jr. had been scheduled to perform at the 2,500-seat Peabody Auditorium, but local NBC affiliate WPTZ reported he became ill in the afternoon and was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center.

    Sinatra Jr. was on his Sinatra Sings tour and had been in Daytona Beach for several days rehearsing. He was scheduled to perform next Thursday at the 2,000-seat Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida, and then May 19 at the 2,400-seat Adler Theater in Davenport, Iowa.

    He began performing in his teens and carried on a career of entertaining across mediums for the past 50 years. More recently, he had a guest spot playing himself on “The Sopranos” and appeared on two episodes of “Family Guy.”

    (SD-Agencies)