Sam Cooke Shot Dead in Los Angeles
A tragic ending for a man of so much talent...
December 11, 1964
Singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at age 33 by the manager of the Hacienda Motel near downtown Los Angeles, California. The manager of the motel, Bertha Franklin, where rooms were advertised to cost three dollars a night, claimed that Cooke assaulted her after attempting to rape another woman. In the end, the incident was ruled justif…
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