...Edward R. Murrow choking on his cigarette smoke while interviewing Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr. The people who were on that show, their names still resonate 50 years later, so we needed some firepower......
...1968. Q: Who are some of the other greats you have sung with? A: Sam Cooke , Frank Sinatra , Sammy Davis Jr. , the Mamas & the Papas, Aretha Franklin , Luther Vandross . I worked as a backup singer for Dionne......
...person is admitted," said Lawrence Heller, a veteran L.A. probate attorney who has handled estate planning for Sammy Davis Jr. and other celebrities. harriet.ryan@latimes.com Times staff writers Chris Lee, Andrew Blankstein......
...Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny , has died. He was 66. Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of......
...earning her roles singing with Nat "King" Cole in " St. Louis Blues " (1958) and playing opposite Sammy Davis Jr. in "Anna Lucasta" (1959). At the same time, she scored several offbeat, multilingual hit records, including......
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