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  2. Jan 21, 2021 · The LAPD marked Cooke's death a justifiable homicide. Speaking in the 2017 documentary Lady You Shot Me, forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril H. Wecht argued that Cooke's death was not...

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Cooke died on December 11, 1964, in Los Angeles, California. Early Life. Sometimes called the father of soul music, singer Sam Cooke first reached the top of the charts in 1957 with "You...

  4. Mar 3, 2023 · The manager claimed self-defense when she shot and killed Cooke. A jury ruled justifiable homicide. For her part, Boyer would be convicted in 1979 of second degree murder in the death of a boyfriend. Sam Cooke gave us such standards as "Another Saturday Night" and "Wonderful World." And then in the space of a single evening, it all went south.

  5. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (AP)—Sam Cooke, Negro singing star, was shot to death early today by a woman motel manager after he burst into her apartment in pursuit of a Eurasian girl he had met in...

  6. Feb 10, 2019 · On December 11, 1964, aged jus 33, Sam Cooke was shot and killed by Bertha Franklin, the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California. The courts ruled that Cooke's death was a justifiable homicide. Since then, the circumstances of his death have been questioned by Cooke's family, friends and fans.

  7. Jan 19, 2006 · Cooke's magical voice animated a long string of hits that came to a sudden end, when he was shot and killed in a motel manager's office in 1964, at the age of 33.

  8. Nov 16, 2005 · 'Dream Boogie': The Life and Death of Sam Cooke Ed Gordon talks to music journalist Peter Guralnick, whose new book charts the life and tragic death of soul music icon Sam Cooke.

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