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What happened to Sammy Davis Junior's wife?
She died of complications from a stroke on March 14, 2009, at age 65 in Los Angeles. She is interred in an unmarked grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to her husband, Sammy Davis Jr.
How many times did Sammy Davis Jr get married?
Davis was ultimately married three times, first briefly to singer Loray White, then to Britt in 1960, with the two having a biological daughter and two adopted sons. The couple divorced by the end of the decade and Davis remarried in 1970 to dancer Altovise Gore, who remained with him until his passing.
What did Sammy Davis Jr. do to his wife on their wedding night?
Davis became inebriated at the wedding and attempted to strangle White en route to their wedding suite. Checking on him later, Davis's personal assistant Arthur Silber Jr. found Davis with a gun to his head. Davis despairingly said to Silber, "Why won't they let me live my life?".
Did Sammy Davis Jr. have biological children?
The first book about Sammy Davis, Jr. to be published after his death was written by his daughter, Tracey Davis, who was born in 1961 – the first child of Sammy and May Britt. Sammy and May would later adopt two further children, Mark in 1963 and Jeff in 1965.
Los Angeles, California: Sammy Davis, Jr. Wheels his wife, Mai Britt, and their daughter, Tracy, from the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
Sammy Davis Jr. with his wife May Britt and their children, 1964. Leonard McCombe The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock.