ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to my family:

My brothers, Mark and Jeff: love you both.

My kids, Sam, Rae (Montana), Greer, and Chase: I love you more. Pop would be so proud of all of you, as am I. Thank you so much for helping me at every turn.

Lennart Ringquist: thank you for your advice and for making Mom happy.

Guy Garner: thank you endlessly.

Mom: I love you and I thank you for retelling stories and thoughts. You helped me make this possible. Your insight is invaluable. Remember, I will always know Dad wasn’t the only brave one.

Pop: all day, every day.

Billy Crystal: thank you for your many years of support and friendship to my father and my family. I know how much you loved him and treasured your time together. We love you.

Nina Bunche Pierce acknowledgments:

Thank you to Tracey Davis for fifteen years of friendship, May Britt for your candid interviews, and to Cindy De La Hoz, our editor extraordinaire.

A special thank you to videographer/editor/writer Luke Sacher and producer/director Carole Langer for sharing off-camera conversations from their documentary, Biography: The Rat Pack. Lastly, I would like to thank Sammy Davis Jr., who I will always think of as I do my own father—with great love, admiration, and respect.