The amazing life & shocking death of SAM COOKE
“[His smile] was like sunshine walking into a room”
— SCHMITT
In the early hours of December 11, 1964, three shots rang out at the seedy Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles. When police arrived, they found a man lying dead in the manager’s office, clad only in a sport coat. It was Sam Cooke, the heavenly voiced soul pioneer and civil rights activist whose hits include ‘You Send Me’, ‘Another Saturday Night’ and ‘A Change