Sam Cooke - The REAL Truth (7 of 7)

This is the final video in my Sam Cooke series, and it is the most important one. This details the REAL story behind Sam Cooke's demise and who really murdered him. It is shocking in parts and sad.

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• bob keane
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[2012lacruz]

Jimi Hendrix was about to make a big career change too before his death!

[2012lacruz]

Remember that Robert Townshend film THE FIVE HEARTBEATS?! The late and legendary Donny Hathaway died from a fall from a window of a building too.

[jazzyjudith49]

WOW!!!!! I loved the songs in the background. Sounds so logical.

[SawedOff21aBoi]

Ill..u..min...ati..

[indure08]

@indure08 scary. Especially to a pioneering artist like Sam paving his own course. To bring along the familiar was a constant source of comfort. Sam didn't have a sophisticated coterie of bodyguards like you'd expect though. Even though the NOI constantly offered their protectoral services, Sam refused. He wanted his people to be able to touch him, much like Malcolm X said in his last days. Sadly, they both were killed, I believe so easily, in part due to their lack of protection.

[indure08]

@Shandra9000mail I agree to some exten with your postt. One of the things Sam was known (and loved) for was always maintaining a level of approachability, if you will, with his fans, particularly his black base. He could've long since stopped staying at the inner city hotels, even performing at the inner city clubs, but he kept this up because, I think, he loved his people and wanted to maintain that connection. As much for their sake as for his own. Early 19560s FAME was...

[indure08]

@indure08 sorry *ABKCO*

[indure08]

@MrAristei Agree! I don't think it was a conspiracy to keep this song from the soundtrack, after all, ABCKO did allow its usage in the actual film. ABCKO is known for charging some of the most stiff prices "in the game" so-to-speak for their catalogue; if Spike/his producers could pay the piper, then this song would've been on the soundtrack. To expect Klein to just GIVE the song away because he abstractly should've known Sam would want it attached to MX just won't fly in business. Money talks!

[indure08]

You got this from Djehuty from Dherbs. It's all good, just source your material! It's lifted largely word for word.

[HowlingBenjamin]

as a young boy, i did not believe the story of the way Sam was reported to have died. Now your report finally makes sense. Thank you very much.