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Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.
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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New York City
New York
Samuel George Davis Jr.
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