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#OnThisDate in 1990, Sammy Davis Jr. passed away…Sammy Davis, Jr., the American entertainer who converted to Judaism, made a one-day trip to Jerusalem in July 1969.
He told hundreds of fans, as tears poured down his cheeks, that he could not “find words to express my satisfactions at being in Israel, the mother country of my spirit and my religion.“He placed a note in a crevice in the Kotel and told newsmen: "Like every Jew, my feelings at the Wall were deep and personal. This is my religious home. It’s great here. A great thrill. It is a kind of oneness I have with Israel and the Jewish people.”
May his memory always be for a blessing…
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Diahann Carroll remembers her dealings with Sammy Davis Jr. and Marlon Brando as a young actress in 1950s Hollywood.
The 1970s: A Decade of Change
1. Earth Day 1970, New York City. National Geographic
2. Highway picnic during the Oil Crisis, 1973
3. Women protest for equal pay, Detroit, 1970
4. A spectator holds up a sign at the Academy Awards, 1974
5. Kent State Shootings, 1970
6. Protesters on Ireland’s Bloody Sunday, 1972
7. Sammy Davis Jr. performs for members of the 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, 1972
8. Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac’s grave, Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Mass. 1975. Ken Regan
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Marilyn and Sammy Davis, Jr., circa 1975
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Sammy Davis Jr and Judy Garland performing a medley of songs on the NBC broadcast of the Sammy Davis Jr Show (1966)
The Supremes and The Andrews Sisters singing each others’ songs on the Sammy Davis Jr Show (1966)
