Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 from cnn.com Lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who famously defended actor O.J. Simpson, has died aged 67 at his home in Los Angeles, CNN confirms. Haven't been able to find a full story yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 Fox News says it was due to an inoperable brain tumor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justice 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 Whoa. Talk about out of left field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edotherocket 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 What a horrible way to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 ALso on cnn.com Jerry Fauwell is in critical condition and has been admitted to a hospital with a second bout of pneumonia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I still remember OJ getting acquitted- good job Johnnie. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Here come the threes -- 1) Johnnie, 2) Falwell, 3) Terri S... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Well, that comes as a shock. Guy did a good job hacking apart the mediocre case of the DA Marcia "I didn't know the Grim Reaper was a lawyer" Clark. As for Fauwell..... There, that sums up my thoughts on Jerry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edotherocket 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Here come the threes -- 1) Johnnie, 2) Falwell, 3) Terri S... If Falwell doesn't go there's always 1000 dead Indonesians... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 That's a shame. I'd always envisioned Cochran dying old, rich and naturally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I'm not saddened by this news at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Me either, but it is news I guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommytomlin 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, THIS....is Chewbacca. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I heard a commercial on the radio for the Cochran group, and it had him in it. Sad... I mean I didn't really like him per se, but he died, and that's never good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 If the casket don't fit You must cremate it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 If the casket don't fit You must cremate it Is it wrong that I found that hilarious? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 O.J. Simpson says Johnnie Cochran was 'what's good about the law' By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent Tuesday, March 29, 2005 (03-29) 17:18 PST , (AP) -- O.J. Simpson paid tribute to Johnnie Cochran on Tuesday, saying the attorney's belief in his innocence was key to the success of his team of lawyers in winning his acquittal on murder charges. "I've got to say I don't think I'd be home today without Johnnie," Simpson said by telephone from Florida after learning of Cochran's death in Los Angeles. Simpson noted other members of his defense including Robert Shapiro, but he said, "Without Johnnie running the ball, I don't think there's a lawyer in the world that could have run that ball. I was innocent, but he believed it." Cochran was 67 when he died Tuesday from a brain tumor. Simpson said he kept in touch with Cochran after his trial and last spoke to him several months ago when the attorney had just gotten out of the hospital. "He was always upspirited and he said he was just about to go to a Laker game. A lot of us knew what the situation was but you never saw Johnnie down or discouraged," he said. "It's always sobering when someone is gone who is vital to your life experience," Simpson said. "I have a heavy heart." Simpson said he had known Cochran since their daughters attended college together in Washington, D.C. "I first new Johnnie from church as a Christian man. I knew and loved and respected Johnnie long before my trial," he said. Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in 1994. Simpson said that when he was facing the decision on hiring Cochran to join his defense team, "I knew that I wanted someone who would reflect me to the jury, and who better for that than Johnnie?" Simpson said he thought that the pinnacle of Cochran's career in terms of personal satisfaction was when he managed to get former Black Panther Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt freed in 1997 after being imprisoned for more than two decades on a wrongful murder conviction. "He once told me something happened with Geronimo Pratt and he wasn't going to let it happen to me. I always felt that when Geronimo got out that was the ultimate for him," Simpson said. "Johnnie is what's good about the law," Simpson said. "He loved the system. I always tell people if your kids or your loved ones got in trouble you would want Johnnie. Even his adversaries respected him." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/2...an-simpson.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 ^Oh....my....God....^ If the casket don't fit You must cremate it Is it wrong that I found that hilarious? No, it was pretty funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I heard a commercial on the radio for the Cochran group, and it had him in it. Sad... I mean I didn't really like him per se, but he died, and that's never good. Well, unless he's brain damaged and his wife decides that he actually said he wanted to die way back in 1990. Then you'd be evil to oppose it. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I think you could make a pretty good case that he was brain damaged in 1995. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 ....I don't get it. What are you referencing there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 it'd be the right thing to do, but it would still be sad that he was so brain damaged that he had to die... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boon 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 Inoperable brain tumor? Well, I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to find a cure... And then quit a few weeks later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 If there's no movement in the head Then he must be dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 If there's no movement in the head Then he must be dead Gold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 O.J. Simpson says Johnnie Cochran was 'what's good about the law' I can assure you, speaking as someone who may potentially be licensed to practice law as early as this year, that THIS is the funniest line this thread will ever produce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2005 I will never be able to take anything OJ Simpson says seriously. I know Cochran had a firm in Memphis nearby. Hell, I saw him on a commercial for it the day before his death. That happened right as I was going on the air for a radio show and we had to tell the listeners that. I didn't even know he had a tumor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2005 O.J. Simpson says Johnnie Cochran was 'what's good about the law' I can assure you, speaking as someone who may potentially be licensed to practice law as early as this year, that THIS is the funniest line this thread will ever produce. If you have any goals towards being a defense attorney, then this is a very true statement. You know Johnnie was the fucking MAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toshiaki Koala 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2005 ALso on cnn.com Jerry Fauwell is in critical condition and has been admitted to a hospital with a second bout of pneumonia. If this is true, and he passes away, it will be very sad. He deserves to die slowly and in great pain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2005 O.J. Simpson says Johnnie Cochran was 'what's good about the law' I can assure you, speaking as someone who may potentially be licensed to practice law as early as this year, that THIS is the funniest line this thread will ever produce. If you have any goals towards being a defense attorney, then this is a very true statement. You know Johnnie was the fucking MAN. No doubt. He's the bad guy, but he's just too damn good at what he does to really hate him. Like a black Bar-admitted Robert E. Lee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
