Cook was killed in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific in 1779. He left a legacy of scientific and geographical knowledge which was to influence his successors well into the 20th century and numerous memorials worldwide have been dedicated to him.
He didn't, Dan Cook did.
Ransom Cook died in 1881.
Lloyd Cook died in 1964.
Tommy Cook died in 1950.
Cook Lougheed died in 2009.
Clyde Cook died in 2008.
Samuel A. Cook died in 1918.
Gilbert Cook died in 1979.
Bobby Cook died in 1997.
Melville Cook died in 1993.
Furneaux Cook died in 1903.
Judith Cook died in 2004.