Sam Cooke’s death left questions, but nothing can overshadow his music
The soulful Sixties crooner was 33 when he was shot by the manager of a $3-a-night motel in Los Angeles. The lingering conspiracies surrounding his death, writes Mark Beaumont, threaten to overshadow a life of music and civil rights activism – not to mention a voice that would go on to influence Otis Redding and Tina Turner
