Across the Music

life: On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke dies after being shot three times in the chest in Los Angeles. Cooke was shot by Bertha Franklin, a manager at the Hacienda Motel. Franklin claimed Cooke threatened her life after attempting to rape a woman who had checked into the motel just a few hours before. To this day, people are still suspicious of what really happened at the Hacienda Motel… Pictured: Sam Cooke appears on the Ed Sullivan show on Dec. 1, 1957. (see more photos — ‘Ed Sullivan’: 40 Incredible Guests) View Larger

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On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke dies after being shot three times in the chest in Los Angeles.

Cooke was shot by Bertha Franklin, a manager at the Hacienda Motel. Franklin claimed Cooke threatened her life after attempting to rape a woman who had checked into the motel just a few hours before. To this day, people are still suspicious of what really happened at the Hacienda Motel…

Pictured: Sam Cooke appears on the Ed Sullivan show on Dec. 1, 1957.

(see more photos — ‘Ed Sullivan’: 40 Incredible Guests)

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