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Sammy davis Jr. started his career at a very young age (3 years old). His father and Uncle started him at Vaudeville where he began singing and dancing. The three were called the Will Mastin Trio. In 1954 he was in a car accident and became the only black man to be in the rat pack, then he converted to judaism.A fter he was discharged from the service, he did a lot of spotlight shows in Portland, Oregon. His next step in his career was to play in Broadway in Mr. Wonderful, which he achieved in 1956. Then in 1959 he became a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, for many years he was a headliner at the Frontier Casino in Las Vegas Nevada where he had no dressing room because he was black. He also had a couple of songs as well such as " I've gotta be me" in 1969. The unexpectedly went worldwide with "Candy man" from 1975-78 he was in a hit T.V. show called Baretta.His wife Altovise Davis was on Charlies Angels in the 1970's. Sammy also did commercials in Japan for Suntory whiskey. On his free time Sammy was an avid photogragher who mostly took pictures of his family and friends. He was a big guest star on the "Golden Age" western shows.Sammy Davis had a great career and was one of the first liked black entertainer by all races, Then he was diagnosed with throat cancer and died on May 16th 1990.