So many iconic performers have graced Long Island stages — from the king of the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, to the queen of the one-liners, Joan Rivers — leaving a lasting impression that's impossible to duplicate.
While we will never see these five icons perform in person again, let's look back at their final appearances on Long Island that left audiences wishing for more.
Frank Sinatra
Oct. 6, 1993, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale
Rumors were rampant that the Chairman of the Board, then 77 years old, would be lip-syncing at this Coliseum show, which also had Don Rickles on the bill. No doubt they stemmed from Sinatra's trio of shows at Westbury Music Fair four months earlier when he forgot the lyrics despite having seven TelePrompTer screens around him. (In his Westbury review, Newsday music