What is Lola Falana?
[[File:Lola Falana.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Falana in 1973]] '''Loletha Elayne Falana''' or '''Loletha Elaine Falana''' <small>(sources differ)</small> (born September 11, 1942),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&dq=lola+falana+1942&pg=PA155 |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |author=S. Torriano Berry, Venise T. Berry |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442247024 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W28vCHtlJyUC&dq=lola+falana+1942&pg=PA108 |title=The A to Z of African American Cinema |author=S. Torriano Berry, Venise T. Berry |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press. |isbn=9780810870345 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |quote=}}</ref> better known by her stage name '''Lola Falana''', is an American singer, dancer, model and actress.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&dq=lola+falana+1942&pg=PA214 |title=Notable Black American Women, Book 2 |author=Jessie Carney Smith |date=1996 |publisher=VNR AG |isbn=9780810391772 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |quote=}}</ref> She was born in [[Camden, New Jersey]] and raised in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Falana was known for being discovered by [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] and for having an [[affair]] with him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=lola+falana+husband&pg=PA22 |title=May Britt Keeps Kids, Divorces Sammy Davis Jr. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 9, 1969 |website=Google Books |publisher=JET Magazine/Johnson Publishing Company |access-date=December 28, 2017 |quote=}}</ref> In 1987, she was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref name=Essence>{{cite web |url=https://www.essence.com/2011/08/18/vintage-vamp-lola-falana |title=Vintage Vamp: Showgirl Lola Falana |author=Tia Williams<!--Not stated--> |date=August 18, 2011 |website=Essence |publisher=Essence Magazine |access-date=December 28, 2017 |quote= |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archiv