The entertainer, who would have turned 100 this month, reinvented himself by starring in the musical version of Clifford ...

May Britt, the Swedish-born actress whose marriage to Black entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in 1960 drew racist reactions in Hollywood and elsewhere, all while the Civil Rights Movement was gathering ...

She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. By Clay Risen May Britt, the ...

May Britt, the Swedish actress whose promising Hollywood career was derailed by her groundbreaking interracial marriage to entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., died Dec. 11 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana ...

Swedish actress and Sammy Davis Jr’s ex-wife, May Britt, has died. She was 91. Britt, the second wife of the legendary Rat Pack member, died of natural causes at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana ...

May Britt, the Swedish actress who faced racism for her 1960 marriage to Rat Pack star Sammy Davis Jr., died of natural causes Dec. 11 at a hospital in Los Angeles, son Mark Davis told The Hollywood ...

May Britt, a Swedish film star who was once married to Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 91. The actress died of natural causes at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center on Dec. 11, her son ...

May Britt, the second wife of Sammy Davis Jr., died at the age of 91. The Swedish actress, who starred in “The Blue Angel” and “Murder, Inc.” died Dec. 11 of natural causes, her son Mark Davis told ...

She starred in such films as 'The Blue Angel' and 'Murder, Inc.,' but Fox declined to renew her contract after she and the legendary entertainer got engaged in 1960. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Often ...

Friends of the entertainers spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about the rift that almost broke their relationship Scott Huver is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been writing about entertainment, ...