Johnny Cochran is dead?

How come the only place I've read about the death of Johnny Cochran is on an Australian news site?

Famed OJ Simpson lawyer dies

Johnnie L Cochran Jr, the charismatic attorney who became famous in the successful defence of football star OJ Simpson on murder charges, has died in Los Angeles of a brain tumour.

Cochran began his career as a crusader against police abuses, often in cases involving black clients.

But Cochran is best known for the trial that won a controversial acquittal for Simpson in 1995.

Simpson was accused of murder in the June 12, 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

He was acquitted despite what prosecutors described as a "mountain of evidence" against him.

In one of the defining moments of the trial, Simpson appeared unable to put on a pair of gloves connected to the double murder.

Cochran famously admonished the jury: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."

Cochran became so well known during the trial that he subsequently played himself in a series of films and television series.

A statement from Cochran's family and law firm confirmed he had died.

It said funeral arrangements would be announced at a later date.

(story here)

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