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Sammy Davis Jr.'s Death

Sammy Davis Jr. began developing symptoms from a cancerous tumor in his throat. He denied throat surgery because he wanted to keep his voice and opted for chemo and radiation therapy. It was successful at first, but cancer returned and he needed his larynx removed. He died of complications from throat cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California on May 16, 1990, at the age of 64.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.