Sammy Davis Jr.
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Will Mastin Trio, 20–22, 23, 26, 32, 36, 56–57, 58, 59, 60, 67, 71
Williams, Cara, 103
Williams, Sergeant, 42–43, 44, 45
Wizard of Oz, The, 20
Wogan, Terry, 36, 37, 82
World War II, 37
Wyatt, Lynn, 176
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Yes I Can (Davis), 34, 58, 118
Yolanda, Daughter of the Black Pirate, 97
“You Were There,” 182
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Zane Grey Theatre, 149
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to my family:
My brothers, Mark and Jeff: love you both.
My kids, Sam, Rae (Montana), Greer, and Chase: I love you more. Pop would be so proud of all of you, as am I. Thank you so much for helping me at every turn.
Lennart Ringquist: thank you for your advice and for making Mom happy.
Guy Garner: thank you endlessly.
Mom: I love you and I thank you for retelling stories and thoughts. You helped me make this possible. Your insight is invaluable. Remember, I will always know Dad wasn’t the only brave one.
Pop: all day, every day.
Billy Crystal: thank you for your many years of support and friendship to my father and my family. I know how much you loved him and treasured your time together. We love you.
Nina Bunche Pierce acknowledgments:
Thank you to Tracey Davis for fifteen years of friendship, May Britt for your candid interviews, and to Cindy De La Hoz, our editor extraordinaire.
A special thank you to videographer/editor/writer Luke Sacher and producer/director Carole Langer for sharing off-camera conversations from their documentary, Biography: The Rat Pack. Lastly, I would like to thank Sammy Davis Jr., who I will always think of as I do my own father—with great love, admiration, and respect.