Sammy Davis Jr.: Death of the Entertainer

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

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History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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From the age of three Sammy Davis, Jr. did it all better than anyone else - singing, dancing, acting, even gun spinning. Mo talks to friends and family about what drove him to keep performing, even after the car crash that nearly killed him. Featuring Carol Burnett, Chita Rivera, Kim Novak, Dionne Warwick and more.Learn more about the Mobituaries book: http://bit.ly/MobituariesBook

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0:00.0	I'm counting that one one.
0:01.7	Help me. Help me. My husband's starting to get it.
0:04.9	Three murder trials, two dead husbands,
0:08.3	and an ending no one expected.
0:10.7	To the end of Raynella Leith is...
0:13.0	Join me as I revisit the death surrounding Raynella Leith
0:16.5	on Mary to death.
0:18.3	I don't understand it.
0:19.3	And still, to this day, can't explain it.
0:21.9	Listen to Mary to death from my life of crime
0:24.5	with Aremoyarty starting June 14th
0:26.9	wherever you get your podcast.
0:31.0	This episode is about a man who has been called
0:36.0	the greatest entertainer of the 20th century.
0:39.0	Geez, look at that.
0:42.0	So naturally, I wanted to talk to a car expert.
0:45.0	Yeah, that's a gorgeous vehicle, beautifully restored.
0:48.0	I'm with my friend Matt Anderson.
0:50.0	He's the curator of transportation at the Henry Ford Museum.
0:54.0	And we're in a suburb of Detroit looking at a stunning,
0:57.0	shiny red 1953 Cadillac El Dorado with the car's owner,
1:02.0	Neil Porter.
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