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Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer

Sammy Davis Jr.

Born:December 8, 1925

Died:May 16, 1990

Age at death:64

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Head And Neck Cancer

Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius

Height:1.65 m (5′5″)

Children:4

Born in:New York City, United States

Buried in:United States

Languages:English

Signature

Sammy Davis Jr. Signature

Famous For

Bands

Rat Pack

Movies & TV

Diamonds Are ForeverThe Cannonball RunSelmaOcean's 11Broadway Danny Rose

Songs & Albums

Chicago (That Toddling Town)I Have DreamedMy RomancePlease Don't Talk About Me When I'm GonePorgy and Bess

Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1987)Spingarn Medal (1968)star on Hollywood Walk of FameKennedy Center Honors

Biography

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Portrait of Sammy Davis, Jr. at his home in Beverly Hills, was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian whom critic Randy Blaser called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States".

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Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss the administration's program to control drug abuse. President Nixon also commissioned Mr. Davis a member of the National Advisory Board of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)

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● Frame(s): WHPO-D0956-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, the Nixon family, Spiro Agnew and Judy Agnew on the speaker's platform at the election victory party in Washington, D.C. Shoreham Hotel. 11/8/1972, Washington, D.C., Regency Ballroom, Shoreham Hotel. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, Agnew family members, Nixon family members, Sammy Davis, Jr., MacGregor, Bob Dole, crowd ● Frame(s): WHPO-D0956-08A, President Nixon,Spiro Agnew, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward Cox on the speaker's platform at the election victory party in Washington, D.C. Shoreham Hotel. 11/8/1972, Washington, D.C., Regency Ballroom, Shoreham Hotel. President Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward Cox, crowd Related Materials: Master Print File ● Frame(s): WHPO-D0956-14A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward Cox on the speaker's platform at the election victory party in Washington, D.C. Shoreham Hotel. 11/8/1972, Washington, D.C., Regency Ballroom, Shoreham Hotel. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, Agnew family members, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr., MacGregor, Bob Dole, crowd Related Materials: Master Print File

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Founder's stock certificate No. 1 of Sammy Davis Enterprises of Delaware, Ltd. for 6 shares of $100 each, issued on 25 March 1965, registered to Sammy Davis Jr. and bearing his handwritten signature as President. The capital stock of his production company was $10,000.

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Sammy Davis Jnr at his home in Hollywood

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President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon on stage at the White House Dinner for the American Prisoners of War (POW) who were returned by the North Vietnamese government. On stage with President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon are singer Vic Damone, comedian-actor Bob Hope, "God Bless America" songwriter Irving Berlin, and singer-actor-dancer Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Also shown are Phyllis Diller, Joy Weber, Joey Heatherton, Sammy Davis Jr., First Lady Pat Nixon, and Bob Hope.

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Title: Louis Stulberg, Sammy Davis Jr. and others on the street near a large "Garment District Sign." Date: Unknown Photographer: Unknown Photo ID: 5780PB37F10B Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985) Repository: <a href="http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel" rel="nofollow">The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives</a> in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. <a href="http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel" rel="nofollow">www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel</a> Notes: No additional information available. Copyright: The copyright status of this image is unknown. It may also be subject to third party rights of privacy or publicity. Images are being made available for purposes of private study, scholarship, and research. The Kheel Center would like to learn more about this image and hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified so that we may make the necessary corrections. Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Labor Leaders, Public Figures, Strikes

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