That's an oxymoron that ranks up there with "jumbo shrimp" or "thieves honor".
Everybody, it seemed, loved Sammy Davis Jr., and he loved them back — with his camera.
His thousands of photos stayed under wraps until his widow, Altovise Davis, agreed to release them for this book assembled by Burt Boyar, Davis’ collaborator on his two memoirs, “Yes, I Can” (1965) and “Why Me” (1989).
“PHOTO BY SAMMY DAVIS, JR.” Text by Burt Boyar Regan Books ($49.95)
...the Hollywood scene of the 1950s, the Rat Pack antics of the 1960s, the inspiring presidential race of Robert Kennedy in 1968, the civil rights protests with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and even fleeting glimpses of Richard Nixon, an admirer and friend — there’s something here for most readers to enjoy.
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