6/29/09: I was just given this photo of Michael and Sammy together (from the person I am working with on the Sammy project) at the last tribute given to Sammy; Michael was right there by his side. Also pictured is Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, Mike Tyson, etc.
6/25/09 How ironic is this:
Three days ago I was hired and given materials do to some writing for a Sammy Davis Jr. project (can’t say who hired me or what the project is…yet).
Today I was focusing on it completely without the television on and got a call from a friend telling me that Michael Jackson had just died 15 minutes ago.
I turned on MSNBC and a guy named Jerry Kramer who directed "Thriller" stated that “Michael idolized Sammy Davis Jr.; he took Sammy’s 'flash' and used it himself.”
Then, a Professor Dyson came on and stated that “like Sammy Davis Jr., who was the Greatest Entertainer That Ever Lived, Michael was the Greatest Entertainer of His Generation.” (I know from the person who hired me for the project that Frank Sinatra is the one that called Sammy that first).
Weird and spooky that I'm doing this project for the late Sammy Davis Jr. today, the day Michael Jackson died...
Denise