Bobby Womack Told All: “After Marrying Sam Cooke’s Wife My Family Abandoned Me”
Bobby Womack’s story is further proof that some of our favorite entertainers are simply humans who create great music, but are not ‘perfect’ humans by far, just like the rest us. And boy oh boy, did the late, great soul legend, Womack, have some problems to go with his musical success.
Here at ILOSM, as truth diggers, we’re always on the hunt for just that -and truth is exactly what Womack delivered in his autobiography, Midnight Movers. So for starters, let’s dig into what Mr. Womack revealed about being abandoned by his family after marrying Barbara Cooke, among other things. Bobby married his mentor, Sam Cooke’s, wife a few months after Sam was killed in December 1964. However, the many surprising facts he revealed about what transpired after their marriage, caught fans by surprise. Not only did Womack publicly reveal his family abandoned him, but his story reads like a tumultuous drama-filled, and at times heartbreaking movie plot all at once.
