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Best Known As: Music Performer Life Facts: Samuel George "Sammy" Davis, Jr. was born in New York City, New York to Elvera Sanchez (1905-2000),[1] a tap dancer, and Sammy Davis, Sr. (1900-1988), an African-American entertainer. During his lifetime, Davis, Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood writes that Davis, Jr.'s mother was born in New York City to Cuban American parents, and that Davis, Jr. claimed he was Puerto Rican... read more about Sammy Davis Jr
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