Who was Sammy Davis Jr. last wife? All about Altovise Davis

Sammy Davis Jr. was married three times. His third wife was Altovise Joanne Gore, whom he married in 1970. They had one son together, Manny Davis, who was adopted in 1989.

Sammy Davis Jr. died from throat cancer on May 16, 1990, five days after their 20th wedding anniversary. Altovise Davis was an American entertainer, dancer, and actress. She was born on August 30, 1943, in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

Sammy Davis Jr was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a chorus-line dancer in various musical shows both in London and on Broadway during the 1960s. Sammy Davis Jr’s relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. started in 1968 while they were working in the same show.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Altovise Davis made a few guest appearances in major TV series such as Charlie’s Angels and CHiPs and minor roles in films such as Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Boardwalk (1979), and Can’t Stop the Music (1980).

Both she and her husband were frequent panelists on the 1970s television game show Tattletales. Altovise Davis died of complications from a stroke on March 14, 2009, at age 65 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She is interred in an unmarked grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to her husband, Sammy Davis Jr.