Taken from Yahoo Answers Myth 27 ASL was a close friend of Sammy Davis Jr and inducted him into the Church of Satan Sammy Davis Jr was invited to accept an honorary membership in the Church of Satan by Michael Aquino After Davis sent Aquino his acceptance on March 17 1973 he was presented with the honorary membership on April 13 1973 by Aquino and Karla LaVey alone ASL did not meet Davis until August 1973 Davis would later renounce Satanism claiming later he was only into it for the chicks and re embraced Judaism At a nationaly televised event honoring him a few weeks before he died Davis said First of all I want to thank Jesus for letting me be here tonight completely shattering any doubt he had any lingering affinty to Satanism Davis had been an activist for civil rights and battled racism in contrast to the racists and Neo nazis that often embrace Satanism SOURCES Davis letter to Aquino 3 17 73 Church of Satan Priesthood Bulletin 4 30 73 Aquino COS Chapter 23 Sammy Davis Hollywood in a Suitcase pre publication text printed in Daily News New York 9 11 80 Karla LaVey Source s