Sam Cooke died at the age of 33 on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel, at 9137 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles, California. Answering separate reports of a shooting and of a kidnapping at the motel, police found Cooke's body, clad only in a sports jacket and shoes but no shirt, pants or underwear. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, which was later determined to have pierced his heart. The motel's manager, Bertha Franklin, said she had shot Cooke in self-defense after he broke into her office residence and attacked her. Her account was immediately questioned and disputed by acquaintances.
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Sam Cooke
Self (archive footage)
Zelda Sands
Self
Al Schmitt
Self
Eugene Jamison
Self
Bill Gardner
Self
Denise Dowse
Self
Erik Greene
Self
Cyril H. Wecht
Self - Forensic Pathologist
Joe B. Kellum
Self
Anthony Samad
Self
Dick Clark
Self (archive footage)
John Antonelli
Self
Daniel Wolff
Self
Jamelle Dolphin
Self
Donald Piper
Self
Mike McCormick
Self
Toni Elliott Bell
Self
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