Lady You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

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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.

2017 English Stereo

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Zelda Sands (Actor)

Al Schmitt (Actor)

Cyril H. Wecht (Actor)

John Antonelli (Actor)

Denise Dowse (Actor)

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