Sammy johnson singer biography paper
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Sammy Kent Johnson, 73, died Nov. 21, 2018 at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, IL after a brief admission due to complication of dementia. Sam worked at Kraft Foods in Manlius before being employed by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co for 30 some years of service working in the nail room and shipping department retiring upon the closure of the plant. Following retirement from the mill, he worked for LSSI for an additional 8 years. Sam was born on May 25, 1945 in Princeton, IL, the son of Lester Emerson Johnson and Dana Belle (Powell) Johnson. He attended Manlius schools. He married Donna Miller on April 3, 1965. Later marrying Cheryl Lashley on June 4, 2001. Sam was well known as a left handed fast pitch softball player. To his kredit he pitched in two world tournaments. Survivors include his wife Cheryl of Sterling, son Timmy (Andrea) of Kansas, daughter Kayla Webber of Sterling, his sister Patricia (Howard) Batten of Tampico and brother Robert (Sharon) Johnson of Rock Falls. He was pr
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Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
This article is about the writer. For other people with the same name, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation).
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1]
Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford, until lack of medel forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved to London and began writing for The Gentleman's Magazine. Early works include Life of Mr Richard Savage, the poems London and The Vanity of Human Wishes and the play Irene. After nine years of effort, Johnson's A Dictionary of the English L
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Sammy Davis Jr.
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician.
At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933. After military service, Davis returned to the trio and became a sensation following key nightclub performances at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) in 1951, including one after the Academy Awards ceremony. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, at the age of 29, he lost his left eye in a car accident. Several years later, he converted to Judaism, finding commonalities between the oppression experienced both by black Americans and Jewish communities.[2] In 1958, he faced a backlash for his involvement with a white woman at a time when interracial relationships were taboo in the U.S. and when interracial marriage was n