The fairy tale of Manny, born into abusive foster care in Brooklyn, New York only to be adopted age 9 by Sammy Davis Jr and his wife Altovise and dropped into their Beverly Hills mansion. A modern day 'Annie' that wasn't to last as Sammy died of cancer 5 months later. No sooner than this global icon was laid to rest in a giant televised funeral, the IRS descended on his mansion announcing Sammy had left the largest personal IRS debt in history. The house, the cars and all its contents were seized. Manny was sent back to Brooklyn and Altovise eventually succumbed to alcoholism.

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But in a final twist after Altovise's death, lawyers advised Manny she'd made him sole heir to the entire Sammy Davis Jr estate in a $100 will filed online. Manny's story is a roller coaster of unimaginable circumstance, opportunity and loss.