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Nickname:	Sammy Davis Jr. / The Will Maston Trio / Sammy Davis /
Known for:	One Life to Live, Family Feud, Movin' with Nancy
Birthday:	8 December 1925, Harlem, New York, USA
Height:	5' 3" (1.60 m)

Season five "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks is returning to the stage that made him famous! Next Tuesday April 28 the top five "American Idol" finalists will perform songs by the original Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. The following night, Wednesday April 29 tune in to find out which finalist will be sent home -- and watch Hicks perform his latest single "Seven Mile Breakdown." Don't miss "American Idol" Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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Reuters - Altovise Davis, the widow of Rat Pack singer and dancer Sammy Davis Jr., has died in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
The widow of SAMMY DAVIS JR. has died, aged 65.Altovise Davis passed away on Saturday (14Mar09) at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering a stroke.Davis worked during the 1960s as a chorus-line dancer in various musical shows both in London and New York theatres.She met Davis Jr. in 1967 while they were both working
AP - Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65.
Former Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. died with millions of dollars worth of debt, leaving his estate in a shambles, a new tell-all book has revealed.


AP - The widow of Sammy Davis Jr. is suing two former business partners over the rights to the Rat Pack entertainer's life story and management of his legacy.
DALLAS (AP) - The widow of Sammy Davis Jr. is suing two former business partners over the rights to the Rat Pack entertainer's life story and management of his legacy. Altovise Davis says in a lawsuit filed in federal court that the two men exaggerated their show-business credentials and defrauded her into signing away some rights to her husband's estate.


R and B singer and Broadway actor Usher has been tapped to star in the revival of Golden Boy.

The classical play is about a pianist who quit music to become a boxer, a role made famous by Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960s. This is the 29-year-old's return to the New York stage from 2006.
R&B star Usher has been lined up to star in a Broadway revival of classical play Golden Boy. The singer proved he can cut it on the New York stage playing Billy Flynn in 2006, and he is now in talks to take on the role made famous by Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960s - about a pianist who quits music to become a boxer.


A star of upcoming movie musical HAIRSPRAY has danced his way into contention for an upcoming SAMMY DAVIS JR. biopic.Up-and-coming star ELIJAH KELLEY has dazzled movie executives with his performance as Seaweed Stubbs in Hairspray and now he’s among the frontrunners to play beloved song-and-dance man Davis Jr. in a film planned by his current
OUTKAST star ANDRE 3000 is set to play SAMMY DAVIS JR. in a new biopic documenting the entertainer’s controversial romance with KIM NOVAK.The film, entitled Sammy and Kim, will focus on the interracial relationship between Davis and the Caucasian actress, which caused controversy in the 1950s at a time when the African-American Civil Rights Movement
Late actor/singer Sammy Davis Jr. is the subject of no less than four upcoming movies. The life of Rat Pack legend Davis Jr., who died from throat cancer in 1990 at the age of 64, will form the basis of two biopics, one movie about his romance with actress Kim Novak, and one feature-length documentary.

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