The Tragic Death Of Sammy Davis Jr.'s Daughter Tracey

Sammy Davis and Tracey Davis

The Tragic Death 

Of Sammy Davis Jr.'s Daughter Tracey

BY SAM SILVERMAN
NOV. 18, 2020 3:43 PM EST

Tracey Davis, the daughter of music legend Sammy Davis Jr. and Swedish actress May Britt (pictured), died at the age of 59 in Franklin, Tenn. According to the Associated Press, the author passed away on Nov. 2, 2020 following a brief illness, although the specific cause of death is not yet confirmed.

 

Sammy Davis, Jr. – My Father

By: Tracey Davis, with Dolores A. Barclay
First Published: April 1996
Publisher: General Publishing Group, Inc.
Pages: 272

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The first book about Sammy Davis, Jr. to be published after his death was written by his daughter, Tracey Davis, who was born in 1961 – the first child of Sammy and May Britt. Sammy and May would later adopt two further children, Mark in 1963 and Jeff in 1965.