Sam Cooke, Murdered.

Though Sam Cooke may not be commonly known among the youth of today, he was once described as the biggest rising star in the world. He is attributed with inventing soul music, also he was one of the first artists to get involved in the business side of music after creating his own record label. You may be asking what has this got to do with conspiracies? Well, the fact is Sam was taken from us far too early and didn't rise to the heights he was predicted to reach.

(If none of his songs spring to your mind try remember the film Hitch, Sam sang "Wonderful World" in the opening scene.)

Though he is remembered as a singing legend, the circumstances surrounding his death casted a shadow over his good character for years. However, I am here to clear a few things up.

On the night of December 11th 1964 Sam was shot and killed in a 3 dollar motel. He was killed by the hotel manager who claimed Sam broke in to her office/apartment wearing only an overcoat. He demanded to know the whereabouts of the female companion he came with. After she told him she was unaware of the girls location he was enraged and grabbed her by the wrist so she shot and killed him. She got self defense and didn't serve any time in prison.

Suspicious facts-

The female companion he was referring to was a woman he took up to his room. She escaped the room,rang the police stating he had kidnapped and attempted to rape her. Now, if this was true why would she have stolen money from him and taken his clothes on her way out?

If that wasn't suspicious enough,the woman was arrested a month later for being a prostitute.

Cooke's family firmly believe that the entire situation was a set up. They said that Franklin(the hotel manager),and Boyer(the prostitute) were lying to police to cover up a murder.

They said knowing Sam,he never had any trouble picking up women because of his superstar status so the fact that he tried to rape a prostitute is ludicrous. Also, he was a very classy man. He drove Ferraris,wore the finest clothes and stayed in the classiest of places. They are convinced that he wouldn't have stayed in a 3 dollar motel in a million years.

Another suspicious fact and probably the most telling factor of the theory comes from the auto- biography of a fellow soul star Etta James. She said she went to his funeral and saw the corpse. She stated in her book that he was so badly beaten it was though his head was close to decapitation. His hands were broken and smashed and his nose was disfigured. She believes that the injuries on Sam's body couldn't have occurred through the circumstances in which Franklin described that fateful night. Which begs the question,why would Franklin lie? and more importantly HOW DID SAM GET THOSE INJURIES?!!!

Conclusion-

Sam was remembered for years for allegedly kidnapping and attempting to rape a woman. After the woman escaped he was shot for supposedly attacking the motel manager. HOWEVER,that previous statement is complete and utter bulls***! The fact is at that time, Sam could have had any woman in the world, why would he attempt to rape a proven prostitute?Also, why would she have robbed him of the cash he had on him and the clothes he must have taken off in the motel room if she was so keen on escaping his company?

How,if he was shot nearly immediately after breaking in to the motel office did he obtain such horrible injuries he was buried with?

His final words according to Franklin(who's testimony changed many times) were "Lady,you shot me?!"

Were the circumstances of the night dreamed up by Franklin and Boyer to cover up a murder? I believe so.

Will we ever know what really transpired the night the inventor of soul music was taken from us?Doubtful, but as always we are here to shine a light over the lies and try to reveal the truth. A true legend was taken from us, and no one was convicted. A man's reputation was tarnished for years due to the testimony of a lying motel manager and a prostitute!

R.I.P Sam Cooke.

Bringing you the truth as always,

Kris.