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	news gallery media guestbook contact register online store	SAMMY GETS HIS STAR Sammy got his star on the street he helped make famous: Las Vegas Boulevard. In an emotional tribute that featured an appearance by his widow, Sammy Davis Jr. was honored by the Las Vegas Walk of Stars during a ceremony at the Riviera's Le Bistro Theatre. Sammy's star in front of the Riviera soon will be joined by stars for fellow Rat Pack icons Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Davis impersonator Luis Velez started Thursday's ceremony with "Mr. Bojangles," and Clint Holmes brought the house down at the end with "I Got to Be Me." Altovise Davis, told the crowd that she'll be forever grateful to Las Vegas for having the lights on the Strip dimmed on the day of his funeral in 1990. Sammy never headlined at the Riviera, but he often joined Sinatra and Martin on stage there during the Rat Pack years. The Riv was Martin's main headliner home for many years. The Las Vegas Walk of Stars was developed in cooperation with Clark County, which anctioned four miles of sidewalk to the East and West of Las Vegas Boulevard South between Sahara and Russell. Similar to the “Palm Springs Walk of Stars,” located along the sidewalks of Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California, the Las Vegas project honors people of prominence in a variety of fields including entertainment, sports, literary, humanitarian, civic, military, and pioneers. Each star is a three feet square slab of polished granite weighing 180 lbs. and inlaid with the recipient’s name and specialty.