In the time when Frank Sinatra was in his prime, people didn't really get tattoos unless they were in prison, or they were sailors. Because of that, Sinatra never got the honor of seeing people get his likeness tattooed on them in the same way that modern music and movie stars do, which is a shame. It's a testament to his legacy and enduring appeal that people are doing so now, though, so many years after he died.
As the kingpin of the Rat Pack, Sinatra was pretty much 'the guy' in the 1950s. He was the leading man that film studios wanted for their movies, and when they'd cast him in the film, they wanted him to sing the soundtrack. 'Sinatramania' happened twenty years before the Beatles had even picked up their instruments for the first time to spark 'Beatlemania'. His incredible voice is the sound of a whole era, and although many have impersonated him in the time since, nobody ever did it better than Ol' Blue Eyes.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.