Ava Gardner Was Hollywood’s Potty-Mouthed Sex Goddess

The spiciest bits from Ava Gardner’s raunchy unfinished memoir—from Mickey Rooney’s alleged pedophilia to firing guns with “cocky god” Frank Sinatra.

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Published Jul. 3 2013 4:45AM EDT

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Before Marilyn Monroe or Farrah Fawcett, before Halle Berry or Angelina Jolie, there was Ava Gardner. Called “the most irresistible woman in Hollywood,” she reigned for decades as an American sex symbol, counting Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, and Clark Gable among her lovers.

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Ava Gardner Was Hollywood’s Potty-Mouthed Sex Goddess

The spiciest bits from Ava Gardner’s raunchy unfinished memoir—from Mickey Rooney’s alleged pedophilia to firing guns with “cocky god” Frank Sinatra.

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