this article was brought up
in the Patti Labelle/Jackie Wilson thread
and some were wanting to read it
or re-read it... at any rate
HAVE AT IT!!!

Thanks for that, Chris...

Wow...

I'm more speechless at Al's situation than I am at Jackie's and Patti's.

Damn....

Thats all I have to say.

Thanx a BILLION, Chri$topher!

Timmy84 said:

about maybe a year ago
I was going through a stack
of old VIBE magazines
and I happened upon this

I'm like WOW..

the lil "Over The Edge" insert
about Wilson, James, Sam & Ike
was pretty interesting too

Harlepolis said:

It's crazy, ain't it? The story is just too tragic... I'm still wilding out that they waited TWO FUCKING HOURS to call police! That's what I don't get!

DirtyChris said:

Yeah I had no idea about the Ike situation with the paper man. I get mad every time I read about what happened the night Sam Cooke died, I gotta post that tonight because even to this day, his death doesn't make complete sense to me.

Harlepolis said:

what do ya'll think about
the paramedics/police not being called
until hours later?
[Edited 1/18/09 16:00pm]

Timmy84 said:

kinda makes Carlotta or Al
look suspicious to me

DirtyChris said:

Exactly. I actually think it's possible that the other woman may have played a role. They said Al was in his room when the shooting occurred. They didn't say whether or not Carlotta was in there with him or not.

Who the hell was Carlotta? and where is she now. Al is crooked as a mug

scriptgirl said:

according to this article
some random groupie he picked up
after a session (along with Mary Woodson)

She & Mary spent that night @ his mansion

Carlotta is mentioned in the article
to have assisted Al with his burns...

DirtyChris said:

I saw that she helped him in his bathroom, I don't know about the bedroom unless it said she was there with him in the article.

Timmy84 said:

oh okay
I've got to re-read this
article myself

it was one of those articles
that you never forget reading
it struck my interest to hear
another side of the story...
other than "oh, Al Green got a
pot of hot grits on thrown on him"

but I need to re-read it

DirtyChris said:

I re-read it. It said he "barricaded himself in his room" so Carlotta wasn't in with him.

Timmy84 said:

wow man...

DirtyChris said:

See what I mean, something about this "suicide" rubs me the wrong way...

Timmy84 said:

Gimme a break.

The article made it clear that Al and Carlotta's hands were tested for gun residue and none was found.

It also stated there was a suicide note in her purse, which jibed with his story about declining her marriage proposal. His secretary? received a suicide note from her 2 days later.

Furthermore, the woman was a hot mess who'd attempted suicide a couple of times before.

Finally, the article suggested that they may have been too preoccupied with his injuries to bother checking on Mary or they may have decided to run for cover instead of running towards the sounds of the shots (as most people do).

Like, did you guys read the article at all?

What's the black person's love of conspiracies all about?

Sam Cooke was killed b/c he burst in that woman's room, naked, inebriated and angry. After a scuffle, she pulled out her gun and killed him. End of story.