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The UnansweredQuestion in SamARIfKeep e: and inCooke’s DeathLater, in your special TAUI DIstrus*' '''WT'.W V’ «■•'/ find yo(EDITOR'S NOTE: In the morning of Dee. 11, 1964, famed chore rock *n' roll simer Sam Cooke was shot to death by a lady motelam Cooke was shot to death by a lady motel happily, manager who claimed he burst into her room seeking a girl he round ti had brought with him, but who had fled from him, she was to say, lt-yourf after he ripped off her clothes and disrobed himself. His death GEMI was ruled justifiable homicide. This is one of the most sensational If the tl stories in the history of show business. The mass of doubt estab- to a pai lished by Cooke worshippers has made ita great mystery besides.Penned by author, A.§. Doc Young, The Mysterious Death of weight Sam Cooke tells the gripping story of one of America’s most and ma} loved singing idols.) 'HHHtactfullylaois.) needlessTHIS IS THE LAST IN A SERIES CANC1This wllThe suddenness of 33-year-old singer Sam Cooke’s death, periods plus the sensationalism of it, the weird circumstances of It, the Make loi resentment against it, forced the asking of numerous questions by proach relatives, friends, and fans which, up to now, haven't been answered words, and, in all probability, never will be.A basic thing about Cooke was this; he had, up until his death, forged a near-ecclesiastical image, or so his fans now indicate; the past at the very least, he was no frequent dabbler in public scandal; decisions he was stranger co the kind of downbeat publicity one came to solid pr expect from a Ray Charles or a Little Willie John. perience,There is one question that Intrigues me more than all others, shoulder and that is; Why did Sam Cooke, apparently wealthy, driving a VIRGO:$15,000 sports car, take Lisa Boyer to one of the cheapest motlesIn T n« A tur.U.1)LEO: You andBecause
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Call and Post
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Jan 23, 1965
Page 31
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Toledo L.
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