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| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
He was shot by the owner of a motel in Chicago when he ran into the office unclothed trying to find a woman who had fled his room.
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I looked it up. He was shot multiple times at a motel by a motel employee who said he attempted to rape a woman he checked in with. His family and others question that story.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la
