Mystery of Sammy Davis Jr’s hug with Richard Nixon revealed
Sammy Davis Jr. hugged former President Richard Nixon at a campaign rally because he was going to ‘alleviate’ the burden of the singer’s tax bill. Clarke Peters, who played Lester Freamon in HBO’s The Wire, has been delving into the musician’s past for an upcoming musical he’s directing about Davis called ‘Sammy’ at the Lyric … Read more