EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on October 14, 2024. Carl Cohen, the 250-lb. vice president of the Sands Hotel, delivered a roundhouse punch to Frank Sinatra’s mouth on Sept. 11, 1967. That punch was well-deserved, but it didn’t knock his teeth out. Frank Sinatra, shown in a scene from the 1953 film “From Here to Eternity,” is superimposed by AI into a wrecked 1950s coffee shop. (Image: Columbia Pictures, Google Gemini) Two days earlier, the Sands, upon orders from new owner Howard Hughes, cut off the crooner’s casino credit and informed him he could no longer gamble unless he paid back the $200K that he already owed ($1.9 million today). The world’s most famous pair of blue eyes turned fiery red. Sinatra not only canceled his remaining engagements at the Sands’ Copa Room — where the Rat Pack had performed together since 1959 — he…Read MoreCategory: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Rumors, Scandals, Vegas Myths Busted, brawl, Carl Cohen punch, fight, Frank, Frank Sinatra, knocked his teeth out, Las Vegas Strip, myth, punched, Rat Pack, Sands, Sinatra, teeth, VegasSource: Casino.org