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"
He had the star sign Aquarius.
His Life Path Number was 1.
Sam Cooke was around 5 ft 10 inches tall. In centimeters, 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 were still alive today, he would be 94 years old.
That means that he'd be roughly the same age as the following people:
He died 60 years, 3 months, and 17 days ago.
He was born on a Thursday.
He died on a Friday.
He died in December 1964, which was over 60 years ago. Six decades have passed since his death. That's over half a century.
To put that into perspective.
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British Prime Minister Deceased
Died on Jan 24, 1965, at the age of 90.
Star Sign: Sagittarius
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