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29 Σεπ 2024 · On December 11, 1964, R&B legend Sam Cooke was shot to death by a hotel manager named Bertha Franklin. It was ruled self-defense, but was that really the case?
19 Ιαν 2024 · Narrator: Nevertheless, Bertha Franklin, the shooter, was acquitted based on justifiable homicide. Jamison: When have you ever witnessed or saw a witness sit on a -- on the witness stand with dark glasses on?
26 Ιουλ 2010 · The details of the case involving Cooke's death are still in dispute. The official police record states that Cooke was shot dead by Bertha Franklin, manager of the Hacienda Motel, where Cooke had checked in earlier that evening.
Blinded by anger and alcohol, he wrapped himself in the sport coat — his only remaining piece of clothing — and confronted the motel manager, 55-year-old Bertha Franklin, who Cooke believed ...
In the aftermath, Bertha Franklin – the woman who shot Sam Cooke – received numerous death threats and had to go into hiding. She resurfaced, though, to sue Cooke’s estate “citing mental anguish and physical injuries”. Perhaps disgusted, Cooke’s widow, Barbara, countersued.
The Sam Cooke funeral was held on December 18, 1964 in Chicago. Around 200,000 fans showed up to pay their respects, lining up for more than four city blocks. Cooke was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
22 Ιαν 2011 · He was shot four times by the manager, Bertha Franklin, in what was ruled a justifiable homicide. Friends and relatives questioned this official version of the events.
