Taken from Yahoo Answers Myth  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   he was presented with the honorary membership on April   by Aquino and Karla LaVey alone ASL did not meet Davis until August  Davis would later renounce Satanism claiming later he was only into it for the chicks and reembraced 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 Neonazis that often embrace Satanism SOURCES Davis letter to Aquino  Church of Satan Priesthood Bulletin  Aquino COS Chapter  Sammy Davis Hollywood in a Suitcase prepublication text printed in Daily News New York  Karla LaVey                      Sources          httpusmincorgsatanismhtml