North End Detroit neighborhood produced Aretha, Smokey and other celebrities.
Homecoming in Havana
I had seen him watching me for several days. The driveway leading out of Havana’s Hotel Nacional might have been 50 yards or more, and he seemed to be standing there at the end of it every day.
From the Archives: Consummate Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Dies at 64
The American Masters broadcast last night (Feb. 19, 2019) prompted me to take a look at the obit of Davis I had written when he died in 1990. By EDWARD J. BOYER | TIMES STAFF WRITER | MAY 17, 1990 Sammy Davis Jr., the quintessential showman embraced by his peers as “Mr. Entertainment” for his enormous talent and versatility, died […]