( CNN ) -- Altovise Davis , the widow of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. , has died . She was 65 . Altovise Davis , in a 2008 photo , married Sammy Davis Jr. in 1970 . Davis died Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , California , said her publicist , Amy Malone . She had been admitted two days earlier after suffering a stroke . Davis , a dancer and actress from Brooklyn , New York , met Sammy Davis Jr. on the set of the musical `` Golden Boy '' in London in 1967 . The couple married three years later . It was Sammy Davis Jr. 's third marriage . The couple remained together until he died of throat cancer in 1990 . The couple had an adopted son . Funeral services will be held in Burbank , California , with the date and time to be announced later . Sammy Davis Jr. , himself a musician , was famous for being part of the Rat Pack , which included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin . CNN 's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report .
Altovise Davis , 65 , died Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital , her publicist says . She had been admitted two days earlier after suffering a stroke . Davis , a dancer and actress , married Sammy Davis Jr. in 1970 .