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Article: Sammy Davis Jr. 1925-1990: the legacy of the world's greatest entertainer. (includes quotations)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- July 1, 1990
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SAMMY DAVIS JR. 1925-1990
GEORGE Burns said "a phenomenon like him" comes along once in a lifetime.
Milton Berle called him "the world's greatest entertainer."
Little Richard said he was "the greatest entertainer who ever lived - bar none."
Janet Jackson said he was "the Martin Luther King of the entertainment industry."
And Speaker Willie Brown of the California Assembly said he was the godfather of the Black superstars of today. "Cos," he said, "would not be Cos [Bill Cosby], and Sidney [Poitier] would not be Sidney, if Sammy had not been Sammy."
Sammy Davis Jr., the rare and extravagant spirit who was the object ...