SAMMY DAVIS, JR'S SECRET PASSION: SHINING SHOES

SAMMY DAVIS, JR'S SECRET PASSION: SHINING SHOES

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Sammy Davis, Jr. may have been a wealthy superstar -- but that didn't keep him from shining his own shoes. According to Sammy's biographer, Burt Boyar, the singer didn't think anyone could polish his shoes as well as he could and he wouldn't allow his servants to do the job. Boyar figures the singer also shined shoes as a stress buster. That's not the late entertainer's only clothing quirk: Sammy was so meticulous about washing his clothes that he'd put a suit or shirt in the laundry even if he'd just tried it on for just a few moments. December 8th would have been Sammy's 75th birthday, and in honor of the occasion, Boyar has released the new book "Sammy" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).