Born on January 22, 1931.
Died at the age of 33 on December 11, 1964.
Cause of Death: Shot dead by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles. It was later named as a "justifiable homicide."
Sam Cooke was a part of the Silent Generation demographic cohort.
Sam Cooke was not a boomer. The boomer generation started in 1945, whereas he was born in 1931.
That is a 14 year difference!
The "boomer" label is often applied to older people by mistake.
He was one of the most influential soul singers of all time.
His nickname / alias was: "King of Soul"
Sam Cooke had the star sign Aquarius.
His Life Path Number was 1.
Sam Cooke was around 5 ft 10 inches tall. In centimetres, his height was 177 cm.
Statistically speaking, this means that he was slightly taller than the average American male. However, he was not tall by conventional standards.
In other words, he didn't stand out as being particularly tall.
See also: Celebrities who are 5 ft 10 inches.
If he was still alive today, he would be 92 years old.
That means that he'd be roughly the same age as the following people:
Actor.
Born on January 5th, 1931
Star Sign: Capricorn
He died 58 years, 3 months and 9 days ago.
He was born on a Thursday.
He died on a Friday.
He died in December, 1964, which was over 58 years ago. Five decades have passed since his death. That's over half a century.
To put that into perspective.
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Star Sign: Pisces
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Star Sign: Taurus
Celebrities and other figures who are slightly taller than him.
Singer.
Born on January 28th, 1980
Height: 1.82m / 6 foot
Actor.
Born on March 17th, 1951
Height: 1.80m / 5 ft 11 inches
Soccer player.
Born on November 25th, 1981
Height: 1.83m / 6 foot
Actor.
Born on July 29th, 1980
Height: 1.79m / 5 ft 10 inches
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Born on February 16th, 1958
Height: 1.80m / 5 ft 11 inches
Actress.
Born on March 7th, 1980
Height: 1.78m / 5 ft 10 inches
Celebrities and other figures who are slightly shorter than him.
American politician.
Born on January 7th, 1963
Height: 1.73m / 5 ft 8 inches
Rugby player.
Born on November 15th, 1996
Height: 1.74m / 5 ft 9 inches
Actress.
Born on December 21st, 1937
Height: 1.73m / 5 ft 8 inches
NSYNC.
Born on May 4th, 1979
Height: 1.75m / 5 ft 9 inches
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Born on February 15th, 1964
Height: 1.73m / 5 ft 8 inches
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Height: 1.72m / 5 ft 8 inches
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