Isopropyl alcohol 70% is used as an ingredient in alcohol swabs and alcohol wipes for wound cleaning, it is found in hand sanitizers, and in ear drops to prevent swimmer's ear.
Sam Cooke's death being a perfect example. Cooke's demise in the wee hours of Dec. 11th. 1964 (at the hands of terrified motel manager, Bertha Franklin, who was armed with a .22 handgun and a broom stick) has sparked the imagination of conspiracy theorists.
Hulton Archive/Getty Images. The story of how Cooke became a musical success story â and how that story often took tragic turns â is the subject of a new book by music historian Peter Guralnick, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.