Frank Sinatra was ‘haunted’ by Marilyn Monroe’s death, pal claims: ‘He never got over it’

Tony Oppedisano recently wrote a memoir titled “Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours” about the decades-long friendship he shared with the star.

"He had a special place in his heart for Marilyn," Oppedisano told Fox News. "He felt she was a fragile girl who had been exploited by a lot of people. That’s part of the reason why he said, ‘Even though as pretty as she was, as attracted as I was to her, I just couldn’t bring myself to go there physically.’ That’s something she even tried to pursue with him. But he said, ‘I just couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to do that. I didn’t want to be another older guy who appeared to take advantage of her and then leave her flat. I couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to do that.’" "He cared about her too much," Oppedisano shared. "And again, his protective nature kept him from doing that."