From the MCRFB news archive: 1965 15,000 Attend Rites to Sam Cooke         CHICAGO — A crowd estimated at 15,000 flocked to the Tabernacle Baptist Church on the South Side Thursday night, December 17, to pay last respects to the late Sam Cooke, who was shot and killed in Los Angeles on … Continue reading SAM COOKE EULOGIZED; FUNERAL HELD IN CHICAGO . . . JANUARY 2, 1965