SHORT TAKES : Sammy Davis Jr. Cancels Show
Sammy Davis Jr., who’s recuperating from recurring throat cancer, canceled an engagement at a Lake Tahoe casino, a spokeswoman said.
Davis was scheduled to appear at Harrah’s Tahoe April 4-8, but withdrew because of illness, the casino said Thursday.
The entertainer was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and his publicist, Susan Reynolds, said he went to his home there to recover.
The 64-year-old singer-dancer, who most recently appeared in the 1989 movie “Tap,” underwent chemotherapy during his recent hospitalization.
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