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  1. Jun 26, 2020 · The Dick Cavett Show. 312K subscribers. 2.5K. 282K views 3 years ago #thedickcavettshow #FrankSinatra #DickCavett. Sammy Davis Jr. discusses the whereabouts of his good friend Frank...

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  2. Nov 28, 2011 · Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr - Me and my Shadow (live version)~ The Sammy Davis Jr World ~

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    • Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Met as Young Performers
    • Frank Sinatra Was Hesitant to Visit Sammy Davis Jr. in The Hospital
    • The ‘My Way’ Singer Gave A Touching Statement About His Friend After His Death

    Sinatra and Davis met in 1941, when both men were performing in Detroit. Davis was performing with his father and uncle in the Will Mastin Trio, and the group opened for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the group in which Sinatra sang. Per ABC News, the two men bonded over a sandwich backstage. In 1947, Sinatra headlined at the Capitol Theater in New Yo...

    In 1954, Davis got into a car accident. The force of the crash pushed Davis’ head forward into an ornament in the center of the steering wheel. The impact destroyed his left eye and nearly killed him. A number of Hollywood stars visited him in the hospital, but Sinatra was hesitant. He wasn’t upset with Davis, he just hated hospitals. Eventually, h...

    In 1990, Davis died of cancer at the age of 64. Sinatra gave a moving statementabout his longtime friend. “It is difficult to compress a friendship of more than 40 years into a few words,” he said, per the New York Daily News. “I wish the world could have known Sam as I did. Sam never gave less than 100% when he was on stage, and he gave even more ...

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  3. Jul 9, 2017 · We Open In Venice - Sammy Davis Jr. with Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin - YouTube. The Official Sammy Davis Jr. 12.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 645. 41K views 6 years ago. On July 10th 1963,...

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  4. Sammy first met Sinatra in 1941, when The Will Mastin Trio opened for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in Detroit. Sinatra, then 26, was the lead singer, and he and Sammy, aged 15, hit it off. The two reconnected in 1945 when Sammy showed up at the stage door of Frank’s CBS radio show in Los Angeles.

  5. Sammy Davis, Jr. & Frank Sinatra Concert for Atlanta Child Murder Victims News Coverage (3/11/81) Voiceover: An overview of the concert and the funds raised by the benefit concert in...

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  7. David Raynr portrayed Davis in the 1992 miniseries Sinatra, a television film about the life of Frank Sinatra. In the comedy film Wayne's World 2 (1993), Tim Meadows portrays Davis in the dream sequence with Michael A. Nickles as Jim Morrison .

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