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

Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke (2014)

MusicDocumentary

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, said she had shot Cooke in self-defense after he broke into her office residence and attacked her. Her account was immediately questioned and disputed by acquaintances.

Director: David Czarnetzki

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	Sam Cooke as Self (archive footage)
	Zelda Sands as Self
	Al Schmitt as Self
	Eugene Jamison as Self
	Bill Gardner as Self
	Denise Dowse as Self
	Erik Greene as Self
	Cyril Wecht as Self - Forensic Pathologist
	Joe B. Kellum as Self
	Anthony Samad as Self
	Dick Clark as Self (archive footage)
	John Antonelli as Self
	Daniel Wolff as Self
	Jamelle Dolphin as Self
	Donald Piper as Self
	Mike McCormick as Self
	Toni Elliott Bell as Self

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