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You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
Age: 64 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 8
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
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Samuel George Davis Jr.
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