Rat Pack‘s bond was just as strong off the screen as it was on.Dean Martin was invited to attend the 1961 inauguration of John F.
Kennedy; however, not all members of the famed entertainment quintette were asked to come, director Tom Donahue and Martin’s daughter Deana Martin told Fox News.Sammy Davis Jr.
wasn’t invited because he had just married the white Swedish actress May Britt just a year prior, the pair explained, and JFK was worried at the time that the interracial couple’s presence on the big day would upset Southerners.However, when the “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” singer heard the news that Davis would not be at the inauguration, he had a strong reaction.“Sammy Davis Jr.
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