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

Name: Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke
Director: David Czarnetzki
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 2014-05-05
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Sam Cooke, Zelda Sands, Al Schmitt, Eugene Jamison, Bill Gardner

Directed by David Czarnetzki

Music

Documentary

20141h 35m5.5

Overview

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.