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Categories: 2000 deaths, Entertainers from New York City, Sammy Davis Jr., African-American Catholics, Dancers from New York (state)
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Elvera Sanchez  Elvera Davis
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Elvera "Baby" Sanchez Davis was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. Davis Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis' mother was born in New York City, of Afro-Cuban descent, and that Davis claimed she was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales. Wikipedia
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Elvera "Baby" Sanchez Davis was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. Davis Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis' mother was born in New York City, of Afro-Cuban descent, and that Davis claimed she was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales. Wikipedia
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