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Evelyn Agnes Black

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What did the Los Angeles police homicide report conclude about Sam Cooke's death?

The Los Angeles investigation and coroner’s inquest concluded that Sam Cooke’s death was a justifiable homicide: motel manager Bertha Franklin shot Cooke in what she and investigators said was self‑de...

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What was Bertha Franklin's background and what happened to her after the Sam Cooke investigation?

of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles who, on December 11, 1964, shot and killed singer Sam Cooke and told police she acted in self‑defense; a coroner’s jury quickly ruled the death a justifiable homic...