Lady You Shot Me The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

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 Cookes 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 motels manager Bertha Franklin said she had shot Cooke in selfdefense after he broke into her office residence and attacked her Her account was immediately questioned and disputed by acquaintances