A huge crowd gather outside Tabernacle Baptist Church during Sam Cooke’s rites in Chicago, December 17, 1964
19 Dec 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA — Original caption: 12/19/1964-Los Angeles, CA- The casket containing the body of singer Sam Cooke is barely visible in the crowd of people on hand at Mount Sinai Baptist Church to pay their last respects to the popular 33-year-old singer who was shot to death 12/11 by a motel manager when he burst into her office apartment. The crowd overflowed the church and many stood outside in a steady rain during funeral services. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS