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.
Tom Cook died in 1961.
Orchard Cook died in 1819.
Nancy Cook died in 1962.
Cook Lougheed died in 2009.
Melville Cook died in 1993.
Clyde Cook died in 2008.
Melvin A. Cook died in 2000.
Bobby Cook died in 1997.
Richard Cook died in 2007.
Oscar Cook died in 1952.
Kenneth Cook died in 1987.