Barbara Campbell Cooke, Sam Cooke’s high school sweetheart, passed away at the age of 85.
When Cooke and Barbara first met on Chicago’s South Side, Cooke was 18 and Barbara was 13.
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After Sam’s passing in 1964, his widow later wed singer Bobby Womack, according to the New York Times.
Sam Cooke fans erupted against Bobby and Barbara, which put Bobby Womack’s career on hold for several years. Sam had come across Bobby and his siblings and assisted them in landing a record deal.
The Valentinos was the name of them. Barbara shot Bobby because he had an affair with Linda Cooke, who would later become Linda Womack.
No complaints were made. Her daughter was a member of the duo Womack and Womack and later wed the late Cecil Womack, Bobby’s younger brother.
