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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?
21 Ιαν 2021 · His autopsy revealed a 2-inch bump on his head. Franklin claimed that after she shot him, she dropped the gun and beat him with a wooden broom handle. Yet the gun still contained numerous bullets.
12 Νοε 2023 · At the perfunctory two-hour inquest on December 16, Boyer, was wearing shades and headscarf, alleged Cooke was planning to rape her. She had fled, taking his clothes, when he was in the bathroom. Wearing just his jacket and one shoe, the over-the-limit Cooke had then driven to motel manager Bertha Franklin’s office, breaking the door down and ...
11 Δεκ 2016 · In 1979, Boyer was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a boyfriend. Cooke’s body carried out of motel Bertha Franklin, an ex-madam with her own criminal record, was forced to quit her job after receiving several death threats.
11 Ιουν 2022 · The motel’s manager, Bertha Franklin, admitted that she shot Cooke and said it happened in self-defense. But her account was quickly disputed by Cooke’s friends.
26 Ιουλ 2010 · 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.
23 Δεκ 1994 · The killing was a mob hit, went one theory. He had been killed at a prominent entertainment executive’s mansion and taken to South-Central to avoid a scandal, others theorized.
