The Night Sammy Davis Jr. Snapped

From his rise to stardom as a multi-talented entertainer to the scandals that marked his journey, discover the incredible story of a legendary showbiz icon.
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[@BW12149]

I got to see Sammy Davis Jr in 1971 at the Westbury Music fair on Long Island NY. It was a theater in the round where the stage was in the middle and the audience sat in a circle around him. My seat was right next to the stage and he put on a magnificent performance. It’s so sad about the hate and abuse he suffered because of his skin color. His abilities and talent were absolutely amazing.

[@mtp4430]

@bwbw1341 Westbury music fair is a great venue. I’ve seen many great acts there and the theater in the round and the sound system are great. Unfortunately, I never got to see the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., though he was arguably the best overall performer of his day.

[@noweaponsformedagainstme]

Thank You for sharing your witnessing of his Live Performance. WOW, I can't imagine how wonderful it was 🫠

[@clarkridlen1966]

Sammy worshipped Beezlebob. The source of all his money and fame on Earth.

[@mtp4430]

@@clarkridlen1966 There are many entertainers on that list. You don’t need a obtain a recording contract, or a movie deal, if you make a deal with 👹 He does all the work. And all it costs is your eternal soul. If you believe in that sort of thing. If I was certain there was a devil, then I would also be certain there was a God. And if that were reality, I wouldn’t take the short term deal of fame on earth. That’s for sure. I would delay the gratification and reap the rewards later. I would worship the light, not the dark.

[@Melinda8162]

@@clarkridlen1966Who’s that?

[@Swelte]

This man overcame everything the entertainment industry threw at him. What a legend!

[@dana8567]

He was also a satanist. Member of the satanic church in Cali.

[@BlackberryTitties]

Yeah his poor wife!

[@MrMonopolistic]

guess you missed the part about racism 🤔

[@sandragrant1785]

Then he dabbled in satanism.

[@Roz-y2d]

What a mess of a man. He was really abusive wasn’t he? I’m not sure he was capable of loving any woman.

[@oscarquesada3294]

Very good and complete retelling of the Sammy Davis Jr. history.

[@sharoncook5883]

Sammy Davis Jr was a Giant, Super Super talent, A powerful singer,dancer and actor, Greatest around, The best, The greatest, The Legend🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kerry-j4m]

I didn't know Sammy went thru these things,especially in the army,that was insane. I know it was in a different time,but,it sucks he went thru that. I did 7 yrs in the army myself and if any one painted my skin white I'd have gone to jail that fateful day.

[@shatira3018]

He may have done great things. But he hated his own image.

[@kathleennelson6692]

Depends on how you look at it.

[@patwats8860]

S. Davis,Jr. Could do it all! There is no one like him today.

[@wesssavorn9018]

As a boy who lost his eye at a very early age I looked up to Mr Davis he was and will always be a shiny star in my eyes a true Actor singer performer 1000% He is sadly missed by this fan my only wish was to meet him maybe in the next life I hope , R.I.P. MR DAVIS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Ava-oc1dg]

what a nice memoriam . How kind of you to say so. God bless RIP Sammy Davis,jr. 🙏🏾😇.

[@BlackberryTitties]

🗑️

[@ArpiChatvideos]

His eye was pulled out later in life as he was married to May Britt, a white woman

[@N64instore]

I’m sorry that happened to you. God bless you friend.

[@N64instore]

@@BlackberryTittiesyou’re so insensitive. Excuse yourself.

[@pittroadsixzeroseven]

I had no idea. He was a favorite to me.

[@peaceful3250]

Sammy was a brilliant impressionist too, along with all his other talents.

[@barbarasutherland8000]

He was a great is and always will be a great singer loved when he appeared in Archie and gave him.a kiss.🌍👍🌍😘🌍💯🌍🎉🌍👏🌍🌟🌍

[@strongmermaid4651]

I always loved watching him and had no idea about his private life. Sad

[@dianewilkins4418]

‘Yes I Can’t 🙏🏼🌹 What a brilliant soul and inspiration to overcome difficulties.

[@carlbenson6412]

Excellent writing & I like how you complimented the script with specific videos & performances...well done!

[@noweaponsformedagainstme]

Thank you, Mr Sammy Davis Jr 🙏🏾 ❤️ 💐 He did so much for the Civil Rights Era. Bringing support of his friends, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, James Garner, Peter Lawford, Tony Curtis and wife Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine, Lee Marvin, Edward G. Robinson, Hope Lange, Lloyd Bridges, Vincent Price and many others that put their careers at risk 🫡

[@someguy9519]

I didn't know about half of them, though I know who they are.

[@noweaponsformedagainstme]

@someguy9519 I was born in 1963, raised in California. My parents and other relatives evidently shield my two brothers and myself of the things going on in the south. The only uncomfortable incident I've had was a third grade teacher telling me I do not have lips. Ms. Roach was not a good educator either. Recently, a relative told me that she and a male cousin gave her the blues. All these years and my favorite cousins put her through it. KARMA comes in many ways, even when you don't expect it😂😂

[@someguy9519]

@@noweaponsformedagainstme A friend of mine, dyslexic was treated horribly by a teacher, locked in the broom cupboard till he looked up obnoxious then had to read out the meaning of it telling them it described him, she also told the class he had cooties and to stay away from him. Today, she'd be sacked. I'm glad he came to Australia, he's a good friend and a brother to me.

[@garyflythe1362]

And musician.what a talented gentleman 🎉

[@lindahughes2289]

Sammy was multi-talented, he WON ! He is remembered !!!

[@SheliaMcCullough-s3g]

Continue To RIP Sammy 🎈🌹🙏 Amen

[@elizabethmadron1336]

He dated Kim Novak but they had to sneak around. They said that Kim was Sammie's sister's best friend until Kim's boss threatened to kill Sammie. Then it was off.

[@asturiasceltic3183]

Yep and Sammy was crying on his wedding night why he couldn't marry the woman he loved

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Harry Cohn was the man's name. He used his mob connections to scare Sammy. He was a terrible human being.

[@CrystalDorsey-xk8xf]

He should been able to marry who ever he wanted any yr.love is love

[@rinabitoni3746]

Love is love.. what a bunch of BS! no, LIFE is much more complicated than that! Love is not enough

[@autumnsmom1117]

@CrystalDorsey-xk8xf It was a different time period. Even now, racial problems exist, but it was REALLY bad back then.

[@jblkcns]

People still face difficulty. Little has changed.

[@elijahhutchings7947]

I believe if he wanted to marry a white women but yall GOTTA stop saying love is love. That’s a dangerous statement. Not all love is created equal or should happen and someone who love children or a family member could justify it with love is love. I hope we do away with that mindset

[@TimothyBrown-wm3cx]

This man was more talented than any single human being that I have ever seen. Love you Sammy.❤

[@pinky-ud1rt]

He was a LEGEND WHAT ANYBODY TREW AT HIM..HE DID IT 100% ❤❤ .what they did to him in the army is bloody disgusting..but sammy came on top..

[@SunnyJa1088-k3x]

My aunt had a 45 record player & my favorite was 1 was Sammy Davis,jr at about 5 years old, his picture with the drums on the cover, got me every time I played it, how could a kid younger than me be so talented! (I was about 8) I struggled to play the piano & had lessons since I was 4. Never very good at it! Also loved his dancing when I was much older, natural talent!

[@monkmell]

Hi! For those people who find the narrator speaks too quickly you can add the subtitles by pressing “cc” once and you can read along with the video. Hope this helps.

[@lindawilliamson8979]

Or change the playback speed to .75

[@anyatranter5588]

.He was beautiful when young

[@Cynthia-l2h]

Didn't know he had such a crazy life!😮

[@allenwood3805]

The woman he REALLY wanted to marry was Kim Novak, the forbidden white woman in those days

[@lisaherrera1285]

Wow!!! She is very beautiful. How sad he couldn't be with the one he loved 😢 💔 😔

[@loveylady7965]

she must have wanted to marry him too

[@allenwood3805]

@@loveylady7965 yes she did

[@earthangel2522]

He lost one eye in an automobile accident. The mafia threatened to take out his other eye unless he dropped his relationship with Kim.

[@Roz-y2d]

Didn’t he marry Mae Brit? She was a white actress.

[@EricMuhammed-i8t]

That's Why You have to follow Your Own Heart ❤️ .

[@MoorenaEl]

WHAT HEART!? A BLACK WOMAN GAVE HIM A HEART AND THE SICK BASTARD SHOWED AND PROVED HE WASN'T WORTHY!!!

[@yevonnehorn6196]

Amazing story about a wonderful man , who over came, but lost it all, because He wanted, a certain way to Love 💘😊¡

[@creeper8647]

So which is it? Was Davis a victim or a cad? Or, was it...maybe...that he was simply human.

[@lolafairchild88]

Two things can be true at once.

[@BlackberryTitties]

Who beat his wife. What a piece of shiii 🗑️ I have 0 respect for him. And don’t give Af about his so called art!

[@MoorenaEl]

THE BASTARD WAS NOT A VICTIM. HE BELONGED IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL. HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE

[@stillhere1425]

Kind of weird not to mention his seemingly sincere conversion to Judaism, as it had to come at an critical juncture of his life. You don’t just frivolously convert to Judaism.

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

I was going to say ...

[@shawnabelle2824]

He was a Satanist, you can find pic of him with Anton LaVey. He was a member of the church of Satan

[@trishlangford5773]

There's a lot of mistakes in this biog.

[@nicodemusriley]

No mention of the years he was involved with the church of Satan. Blamed the pilot’s rejection on race rather than the fact that no studio wanted to touch a show about a devil paid for by Satanists.

[@theresawebb1968]

Sammy davis jr was so wild it is ashame he def idnt leave any cash for his family sadly.

[@karlenedavies6655]

So very sad. I'm a fan but had no idea about his story until now

[@helenmallory3002]

What a SAD life ......I also wonder WHY so many of the "rich and famous" don't pay there taxes I think this is so stupid they have to know the IRS will catch up with them and the rest of us have to pay WHY do they think they don't?

[@Regi254.]

Im not a big reader, and I read his autobiography in two days. I was a teenager in the 70s, and that was the best book I've ever read. It appears he has more than one, and I'm not sure which one it was. His life story is very interesting.

[@colins9689]

The Night Factinate Snapped w/ another Banger sheeesh

[@lilbatashlyn]

I have to get comfortable for this one! Sammy is one of my favorites!🍿🥤

[@robertwhite3992]

He was a really talented individual.

[@NelsonStJames]

Sammy Davis was a remarkable performer, and it’s amazing we’ve never gotten a biopic on him yet, but if an honest bio-pic was ever done, I don’t know if he’d come across as a person anyone would want to emulate, other than for his work ethic.

[@anyatranter5588]

Wow he was a stars star

[@asturiasceltic3183]

I heard Sammy was a very nice and classy gentleman. I am sorry about all the abuse he went through., especially the Kim Novak and watch incident when he was in the military.

[@1MChantye]

Its sad that some if not many black men shun black women. Says a lot about how much they hate themselves and their own race. SMH

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

🐉

[@kiasky1]

Sammy did not hate Bkack women. His wife of 20 years was black Altovis.

[@Roz-y2d]

@@kiasky1But he didn’t really want to marry her, did he?

[@kiasky1]

@@Roz-y2d He loved Altovise until the day he passed. You’re speaking about Loray White who he married in 1958. Mobsters threaten to kill him if he dated Kim Novak.

[@MoorenaEl]

​@@kiasky1THAT HE DISRESPECTED

[@lindacosta3265]

Kim Novak was confronted by Hitchcock about her relationship to a black, such as Davis. The film director fired her for good. 😂Some say Hitch was jealous because he made some advances on Novak but she refused herself😮

[@comfynlux5695]

Hitchcock had a history of doing that to his leading ladies and turning on them when they refused.

[@lisaherrera1285]

That's sad about Alfred Hitchcock.

[@comfynlux5695]

Yes, I watched the movie about him. He was something else. He ruined Tippy Hedrens career because she refused his advances. @@lisaherrera1285

[@chrystal0411]

I don't blame Kim Novak.😆

[@toniacollinske2518]

I knew he was a scoundral but not to what degree. All the Rat Pack guys were over the top.

[@kelleyjohnson7694]

Love the rat pack all of them my dad loved them all of a us who remember loved them all ❤❤❤

[@GTH321]

Absolutely love this man what a hero

[@cathleenwoodul8836]

The voice narration is horrible.

[@christinebuckingham8369]

She sounds like a nice young woman - not everyone has to have a professional broadcasting narration voice! Her voice is far better to hear than those commonly used robotic, fake AI type voices!

[@glancycorner7425]

AI.

[@ginacable5376]

Terrible narration too fast and unclear,

[@twilatharp3386]

I was a huge fan of Sammy Davis and saw one of his show at the Latin Casino in New Jersey. The woman commenter is speaking far too quickly and I can't listen to this. A real shame as he was a fascinating person.

[@Pattilapeep]

Couldn't they have come up with better narration for this? It is awful.

[@summersojourner]

Talks waaaay too fast.

[@Ash-hi5hy]

It's just a video rag mag channel

[@dmann1115]

@@summersojourner Easy fix: change the speed to a slower one, using the settings - click on the asterisk.

[@Ava-oc1dg]

I knew that was Archie Bunkers chair! I can only imagine what that show was like.

[@louannrolen3724]

The narrator talks😢 too fast and with no emotion ,making it impossible for me to enjoy this commentary ☹️

[@pikachuhatyu]

I'm just glad he's finally being given the recognition he deserves by being played by Scarlett Johansson.

[@trishlangford5773]

W T F ??????

[@MrGotmymojoworkin]

Interesting life story of a a talented man. Remarkable that his massive coke habit went unmentioned.

[@Mftjan2000]

Also embrace of Satanism.

[@Waterfalls2016]

⁠@@Mftjan2000 His name is written in the Book of Satan and there are several pictures of him and Anton LeVey.

[@sharonstott4826]

Linda Lovelace accused him of raping her.

[@truthtriumphant]

@@Mftjan2000Yep..he became a member of the Church of Satan..very uncool imho..but. it is Hellyweird..most of it is Satanist..

[@yammieyammie8980]

They leave it out when they talk about Elvis.

[@kenton6098]

Organized crime told him he needed to marry a black woman immediately or he would lose his other eye.

[@dmann1115]

Whoa!

[@someguy9519]

Really???

[@gaylenemarvin]

More like the Cabal.

[@Digger43]

Such a pity this was so poorly narrated. The voice (obviously computer generated) was far to fast, I couldn’t keep up……😠😠

[@dmann1115]

You can slow it down in the settings, click on speed.

[@Digger43]

Thank you. I’ll try that and watch it again. I’m a big fan of Sammy !!!.

[@marilynabraham5528]

Loved him on d boxing skit wirh Wilt Chamberlain,ever so often i would watch it on utube to have a great laugh,RIP!

[@valerie4501]

Sammy Davis Jr. was way ahead of himself, his LOVE for WHITE WOMEN was unbelievable given the times of the 1950s his close friendship with Frank Sinatra allowed him many opportunities especially during these times of African Americans having no Civil Rights at all😮 but this didn't stop him from being more interested in associating with WHITES than those from his own CULTURE😢 how sad is that, he lived such an Extravagant lifestyle and would later die completely BROKE, all of the years of heavy SMOKING would cost him horribly health wise, although he married two African American women during his life, he still had WHITE women during his last marriage to Altovise in the 1970s he simply didn't desire women from his own CULTURE, how SAD😭.

[@Lovetolivetruely]

Exactly... I don't care how talented he was. Now I now this I could careless about the guy. He really wasn't cute or handsome at all. A he was basically a sucker! Did he really think these women loved him. He was stupid. And it's really sad.

[@neferbey9902]

self hate to the max

[@SusanFey]

And still married BLACK WOMEN ✌️

[@earthangel2522]

You can't MAKE yourself fall in love with ANYONE; and in that show business culture, there were always more white women available than any other color. Besides, white women have ALWAYS tended to approach black men in show business and sports FIRST. You must be very young. I will tell you how you can find out how the real world works when it comes to high profile black men. You can read the biographies and autobiographies of those who are "high profile." You would learn a thing or two about your folks. White women CHASE out of curiosity. Men -- of ANY color --are not going to say NO when it is dangled in front of them. You don't know WHAT he desired from his own culture. Unless a person is very racist, they don't hold rigid opinions about what a person OUGHT to marry. People in show business are much much more adventurous and liberal in their sexual expression. They go to bed with same sex, opposite sex, both sexes, all colors. You have to READ READ READ to find out WHO and HOW those who are paraded across the screen REALLY are, young one.

[@MoorenaEl]

​@@SusanFeyWHAT'S THE POINT WHEN HE'S MENTALLY ILL!? MOB SHOULD'VE TOOK HIM OUT

[@cherylrix4965]

This man died long ago, let him rest in peace

[@heathervelasco5159]

Talking about someone that has passed away keeps them being remembered

[@gospmusluver]

No

[@turkmenistan12]

Yeah, he always preferred white women but the mob said no.

[@beverlyrhame3692]

When he sang with the ratpack his ass was too black to have his own dressing room like the whitepack so during intermission he had to go sit outside by the pool or someplace else, and when the show was over he couldn't get a hotel room in any white area so he had to drive a ways to find a black hotel that would rent him a room. And when he met the accident that cost him his eye, he couldn't get a hospital room so they left him in the hallway, his white friend had to drive almost a hundred miles to the hospital to get them to give him a room. But the more white people disliked him the more determined he was to show them that he was just as good as they are by marrying white women and showing them that he had arrived.🙄

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

No, wrong, he fell in love with Altovise

[@Lushus40]

@@BeautifulDove-i7uWhen I saw them together in an interview they were very affectionate towards one another

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

@@Lushus40 Who ?

[@earthangel2522]

@@BeautifulDove-i7u No. Double wrong. He was threatened by the mafia who told him they would take out his other eye (He lost one eye in an automobile accident) if he did not drop the relationship with Kim Novak. He married Altovise as a business arrangement and to stay alive. She was only contracted to stay with him for one year. But she became so entranced by that lifestyle that she refused to give him a divorce. That marriage was just to take the heat off by his marrying a black woman. There was no love for her on his part. By the way, he has written two books about his life. You can read them if you want to find out the truth.

[@BuenaMorena]

An example of self-hate.

[@neferbey9902]

Big time. Imagine choking his first wife out of frustration that she wasn't his blonde haired, blue eyed idol. Disgusting and sad to have that much self hate and hatred toward the woman who made the bargain to be his "beard".

[@sunkissedn71]

ikr, so sick

[@BognaZone]

Omg!!! Choking...

[@MoorenaEl]

BEST COMMENT AWARD

[@MoorenaEl]

AND THAT'S WHY I HATE THIS MAN

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Hollywood fast draw expert Arvo Ojala who coached just about every Western movie and TV actor in the 40s, 50s and 60s was once asked who his best pupil was. His reply was Sammy Davis Jr. Ojala said Davis was patient, quick to learn and the fastest draw he ever taught. There are two episodes of the TV Western, The Rifleman that Davis appeared in where he demonstrated his ability. It was something he enjoyed doing at home and even in his Las Vegas dressing room before a performance.

[@Michele-z4k]

It’s amazing that Hollywood did him dirty, but his fans remained loyal throughout and Hollywood seemed to notice or care.

[@autumnsmom1117]

I know they will finally do his life story, starring another artist, but I wish Tommy Davidson could have portrayed him in the role.

[@yevonnehorn6196]

Blesse His Legacy!

[@trishlangford5773]

Whilst what he did was not good. He was pushed to the limit. After being threatened into marrying a woman he did not love, while being in love with Kim Novak and persecuted for it. Add to that all the racist abuse he suffered, he just snapped. He was not a violent man. They say that apart from the day he lost his eye, that forced marriage was the worst day of his life, poor man, but he triumphed in the end and became beloved by millions. Interesting to note that the man who did that to him, Harry Cohen died 4 months later from a heart attack. Karma?I I have loved him all my life. He truly was Mr Wonderful.❤❤❤❤

[@summersojourner]

Please slow down the narration.

[@anne-vl7qf]

You can slow it down

[@jeffreyivery4299]

Nothing has changed it's still the same way now but he was strong and stayed strong to deal with the business and the bullshit rest in peace Sammy Davis Jr

[@ferociousgumby]

Is there no mention of his marriage to May Britt?? If you read his autobiography, a huge part of it is devoted to the anguish they both went through living as an interracial couple. They were literally afraid to go out in public together and Britt was a virtual prisoner. But he was deeply in love with her. Why just mention Kim Novak? May Britt was also a well-established star in Sweden under the name of Maybritt Wilkens. I am not sure how long they were married, but I believe they adopted at least one child.

[@yakk13]

I was always curious what the story was behind his Candy Man song 😢

[@neferbey9902]

satisfying and delicious. talk about your childhood wishes. you could even eat the dishes.

[@almakwami1825]

Mixed with the wrong folks.

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

👁

[@AquariusNation777]

New subscriber

[@susanbinzer3395]

At least 3 muspronunciations. Get it 2gether ppl!

[@dmann1115]

Seems it might be AI. Still, how does any computerized voice manage to mispronounce "Apollo"?

[@judymorgan289]

My sisters husband was a musician at the. Sands in Vegas he saw all the rat pack for years and many more ! Sammy was hurt he went out singing and campaigning for JFK he was engaged to a white woman he was not invited to jfk's Inauguration party this did not sit well with Frank because he spent a lot of money redoing his home for security it caused a big fall out, Frank was upset because Sammy worked so hard for JFK as dud Frank . Frank never voted or campaigned for another Democrat he became a Republican from that day forward.

[@kaydenpat]

I don’t believe that’s the reason Frank stopped voting for Democrats.

[@samuelwashington3031]

I think that he had to or he was to lose his last eye. Tough situation to be in.

[@charisse234]

Sad really super sad😢

[@BeautifulDove-i7u]

My Moma favorite entertainer.!! I saw a interview where Sammy said he wanted to fit in and have everyone like him, so he kept cochise, other drugs and liquor so he would have the party house. For some reason he started hanging with satanist, and I think he became one !! Which is really disturbing because you have to participate in a human sacrifice

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

👁

[@sandrazaleski4373]

The narrator spoke too fast and was hard to follow.

[@suzanneoshannessy7666]

Where is the guy that speaks He does a better job He tells a story Anyone can read

[@purplebutterfly7257]

The narrator talked way too fast.

[@monkmell]

To all those who don’t like the narrator (I’ve seen lots of people say she’s too fast) you can press on the last word (the one that says “more…”) and that will take you to the “Transcript” and you get to see every spoken word. You can go back and forth touching the script and the video goes to that part. I use it to study sometimes. Good luck!

[@clarkridlen1966]

Sammy worshipped Beezlebob. The source of all his money and fame on Earth.

[@earthangel2522]

They ALL do -- ALLEGEDLY. We don't know for sure. He converted to Judaism.

[@gaylenemarvin]

Exactly!

[@annemurphy9339]

He was involved with Anton Levay, that’s true. I pray he repented before he died.

[@rainstorm6498]

Puppets must follow the rules of those pulling the strings. Smh this explains his unhappines. They took everything still getting I'm sure cause he's a icon.

[@kathleennelson6692]

Pursue his light? He destroyed everyone. No light or glory there

[@lindalawon9151]

Sammy DVis, Jr. was talented in singing, dancing, tap, acting, and many different musical instrunents from brass to winds to keyboard to drums. Not many in his time did all that and that is what the racial discrimination was about. He never had to complain that he did not get performance jobs and have others force people to hire him because of the ongoing changes in tge music industry. He never had anyone such as Perry Cuomo say he thought he was joking when he sang such as was said about another member of the so called rat pack. Yes, they as Sammy Davis, Jr. put it would have been left him alone to live his own life if he left them alone and lived a more private life and not give THOSE PEOPLE all those expensive gifts.

[@sonyafox3271]

Davis, you left out your A!

[@meri9214]

No excuses for being a drunk & abuser!

[@rinabitoni3746]

Exactly! I'm seeing all these comments and I'm rolling my eyes

[@jenniferwilliams4461]

He still was living a segregated life. One that most of you or your family know anything about. He was a front man and a human clown puppet for the white entertainment business. He suffered insults with a smile.

[@loua1519]

So sad he was born too soon. So tragic people were even more ignorant then than they are now.

[@scrooglemcduck1163]

And... he was a devil worshipper. His good friend: Anton LaVey.

[@moochincrawdad]

Eddie Murphy mentioned it in his cars and coffee interview.

[@BognaZone]

I never heard this before. LaVey was creepy.

[@gaylenemarvin]

💯

[@gaylenemarvin]

There are pictures of him with LaVey. Novack too.

[@annamartin1154]

What a sad story but unfortunately this is the price to pay for celebrities especially black one.

[@timbuktukenyattallah]

“Sammy, 72 at the time, actually died at age 64…” 20:40

[@myzacky96]

You talk to fast and you end up mumbling your words, your words are not clear , your just not a good narrator

[@Geordan419]

i didn’t know he was forced to marry a black woman. i’m as pro black as the next, but that was just wrong. sad stuff.

[@earthangel2522]

He HAD to to SHOW the mob that he was going to let go of his romance with Kim Novak. Their love for each other was mutual, but the mafia threatened to take out his other eye if he didn't do so.

[@MoorenaEl]

CLEARLY YOU'RE NOT PRO BLACK AS WHAT YOU SAY...WTF

[@Geordan419]

@@MoorenaEl who the fuck would support the idea of FORCING a person to MARRY someone they don’t genuinely love? like i said i’m PRO BLACK. in my perfect world he would’ve got with a black woman that he naturally connected with. but that wasn’t the case. it was some other shit. don’t say shit else to me.

[@seren8991]

It was recorded, too fast

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

The only problem he had was being a black man in a racist, hateful country! I'll always love the most talented entertainer who ever lived.

[@theire483]

He was told to wait to marry May Britt, but he did not wait. Marrying her anyway.

[@slayerforprezy4664]

Political Correctness aside, in the end he was shown to be a total piece of crap.

[@MariaHernandez-jd2bi]

I never liked his singing or him.

[@bettyhudson979]

SO‼️

[@jenniferwilliams4461]

Neither did my Father. He had some of the most humiliating roles😢

[@bjw3243]

Wow! He went to hell! But, all he wanted to do was entertain the works with his gifts, talent, and love!😮😢

[@clintongraves8783]

Harry Cohn forced Davis to marry that Black woman. I hope Ms.Novak write another piece about her relationship with Davis.

[@shaylow988]

Yeah, a hundred thousand dollars a month (back then) is horribly oppressive. Oh, the horror lmao

[@marylivingstone9815]

He had to marry a woman he didn’t want to. I would call that oppressive.

[@julijakeit]

paparazzi stalking every step you make, writing lies about you, racially insult you, no wonder he turned to drugs.

[@vintagechild4418]

Interesting that the shadow side of the entertainment industry is coming out, what a tragedy.

[@MrMonopolistic]

This guy, maya angelou and a slew of others are prime examples of what SELF-HATE looks like.. I never liked this goofyball style of comedy #neelyfullerjr

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

why

[@jenniferwilliams4461]

However they loved his music, he was the butt of jokes at private parties. He would laugh along and deal with it for the lifestyle😢

[@matthewfitzgerald6551]

What's the story with Maya Angelou?

[@matthewfitzgerald6551]

What's the story with Maya??

[@MoorenaEl]

BEST COMMENT AWARD

[@lorainedelaney1753]

Terrible narration.

[@robertamcmunn3642]

7 million in taxes, living the high life, hurting everyone because he was great. I don't think so. I have a firm belief that all artists are selfish, self absorbed assholes. I may say I have met and known many, actors (lord save me) musicians (Obsessed), writers and poets (fucked up). Do you think the IRS would let me owe 7 million. My patience has run dry.

[@kristenjensen2589]

He got his nose smahed in by a shovel wielding white soldier.

[@dmann1115]

Really? How awful!