11 December 2024

Young soul star SAM COOKE, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S on 22 January 1931,
known as the King Of Soul, was shot dead at a motel in Los Angeles on 11 December 1964, today 60 years ago. The female manager of the motel told the police that she shot Cooke in self-defence because he had attacked her.

Police found Cooke‘s body in de manager’s apartment-office, clad only in a sports
jacket and shoes, but no shirt, pants or underwear. The shooting was ultimately
ruled a justifiable homicide. He was only 33.

Not really the wonderful world Cooke was singing about

COOKE: Story