{"id":24191,"date":"2013-08-18T15:39:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T19:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=24191"},"modified":"2013-08-26T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T19:22:32","slug":"sunday-jazz-corner-with-sammy-davis-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=24191","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Jazz Corner with Sammy Davis Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jazz great and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was the coolest cat in the Rat Pack<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0He was known as someone who could do it all – sing, dance, play instruments, act, do stand-up and for his self-deprecating humor. \u00a0But Sammy Davis first and foremost was a performer and entertainer until the day he died. \u00a0Looking through old video footage you can see him come alive the second he hits that stage connecting with his audience.<\/p>\n

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After reuniting with Sinatra and\u00a0Dean Martin<\/a>\u00a0in 1987, Davis toured with them and\u00a0Liza Minnelli<\/a>\u00a0internationally, before he died of throat cancer in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles. \u00a0It is hard to imagine that such a musical great once billed as the “greatest living entertainer in the world”, story ended the way that it did. \u00a0His music will live on with us forever and he will be remembered always as an important part of our history.\u00a0
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