Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. poses in this October 1955 photo. (AP Photo)

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Sammy Davis Jr., 32, center glasses, and his bride, Loray White, 23, cut and serve cake to close friends and celebrities immediately following their wedding in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 11, 1958. The guests are, left to right: Joe E. Lewis; best man, Harry Belafonte; Davis; White and Donald O'Connor. (AP Photo)

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American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. poses in this January 21, 1964 photo. (AP Photo)

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British actor Peter O'Toole, left, has a laugh with singer Sammy Davis Jr., centre, and actor Hugh O'Brian, following Davis' performance in "Golden Boy" at the Majestic Theatre, New York, February 24, 1965. (AP Photo)

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Sammy Davis Jr. and Kaye Stevens perform on a TV show, on January 6, 1967. (AP Photo)

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Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., second from left poses with comedian Milton Berle, left, actor Jimmy Stewart, actress Angie Dickinson and actor Jack Lemmon, during a star-studded event honoring Sammy Davis Jr. with the Friars Club Life Achievement Award in Beverly Hills, Nov. 25, 1980. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Sammy Davis Jr., reads a personal note to the audience at the opening of a benefit performance in Atlanta, March 10, 1981, to raise funds for the investigation into the deaths or disappearance of 21 Atlanta children. (AP Photo/Gary Gardiner)

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Broadway performer Sammy Davis Jr., in "Mr. Wonderful," plays the bongo drums at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City, May 27, 1956. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., 34, and Swedish movie actress Mai Britt, 24, pose in a London Hotel, on June 7, 1960, after announcing they plan to marry. The five-foot-six-inch Davis and five-foot-seven actress said they would wed after her divorce from Eddie Gregson becomes final on September 28. (AP Photo)

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Swedish-born screen actress Mai Britt talks with her husband Sammy Davis Jr., left, and actor Peter Lawford on the set of their new film, Soldiers Three, at the Goldwyn Studios, in Hollywood, Ca., on July 19,1961. It was Mai's first day out since she gave birth to a baby girl two weeks previously. (AP Photo)

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Entertainers Sammy Davis Jr. and George Burns partake in a bit of soft shoe in Los Angeles, Calif. during a dinner honoring fellow showman Wayne Newton for his contributions to St. Jude Childrens' Research Hospital in Memphis, July 11, 1982. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. is seen dancing on stage at the Victoria Palace in London, during a rehearsal for a Royal Variety performance on May 19, 1960. (AP Photo)

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Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., right, explains why he had guns in his possession to police officers Sgt. George Orr, left, and Sgt. Clarence Meyers, center, in San Diego, Calif., July 14, 1958. Davis explained that he carried the small pistol as an honorary Los Angeles County deputy sheriff and that the big pistol was just part of his act. The guns were discovered when Davis and his party crossed the Mexican border after a weekend in Tijuana. The police accepted the explanation. (AP Photo)

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Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., center, sunglasses, stands in between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., left and Ralph Abernathy, right, on the platform at a mass civil rights rally at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, Calif., May 26, 1963. Dr. King was joined by several other leaders of the Birmingham integration movement. Davis told the crowd that he will give on week's salary in Las Vegas, about $20,000, to the cause. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

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Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. hugs President Richard Nixon from behind as Nixon addresses about 8,000 supporters at a youth rally in Miami, Aug. 22, 1972. Davis' apparently spontaneous gesture came shortly after the president had been nominated for reelection by the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo)

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President Richard Nixon embraces Sammy Davis Jr. during the festivities at the White House where about 450 former prisoners of war and their guests attended the affair, May 25, 1973. Comedian Bob Hope applauds at far right. (AP Photo)

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President Richard Nixon embraces Sammy Davis Jr. during the festivities at the White House where about 450 former prisoners of war and their guests attended the affair, May 25, 1973. Comedian Bob Hope applauds at far right. (AP Photo)

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Frank Sinatra, center, dressed as an Indian, and Sammy Davis, Jr., costumes as a Civil War soldier, enjoy the sight of each other's costumes as they attend the annual SHARE charity party in Hollywood, Calif., May 13, 1960. Woman at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian)

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Frank Sinatra, center, dressed as an Indian, and Sammy Davis, Jr., dressed as a Civil War soldier, enjoy the sight of each other's costumes as they attend the annual SHARE charity party in Hollywood, Calif., May 13, 1960. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian)

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Singer Sammy Davis Jr. greets actress Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Senator John Warner, Sept. 28, 1981 following her Los Angeles opening performance in "The Little Foxes," at a reception held in her honor at Chasen's restaurant. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. has a laugh at the restaurant Pigalie in London, May 15, 1960. Davis arrived in London to open his act at Pigalie. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)

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