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Biography
Sam (Cook) Cooke is Notable.
Sam Cooke was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be "The Father of Soul." His greatest hits were "A Change is Gonna Come", "Twisting the Night Away" and "Cupid".[1]
Samuel Cook, son of Charles Cook and Annie Carroll, was born in 1931.
Sam was killed in 1964.[2] It is reported that he was shot and killed at the Hacienda Hotel in Los Angeles by a woman who claims he assaulted her (Elisa Boyer). The truth of his death is still a mystery. He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[3]
Sam Cooke is part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sam Cooke," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke (accessed June 16, 2017).
- ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP48-NHW : 26 November 2014), Sam Cooke, 11 Dec 1964; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BP98 : 6 March 2021), Sam Cooke, ; Burial, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Forest Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 1900, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWT2-7ZX : accessed 15 June 2018), Sam Cook in household of Charlie Cook, Ward 2, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-80, sheet 4A, line 4, family 68, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 923.
