Johnnie Cochran Dead?

[Prudence]

Yet another illustration that sometimes fame and fortune come with a heavy price. He did many other things for which I suspect he'd rather be remembered. Instead, he became a national punchline.

[Not Afraid]

Makes me worried that our MA team was called the Kim Possible Dream Team.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Makes me worried that our MA team was called the Kim Possible Dream Team.

God knows the stress of that has taken years off our lives

[CoasterMatt]

Which one of you is Johnnie Cochran?

[Betty]

I was listening to KFI yesterday and on the John and Ken show (one of them was actually on vacation but who knows which one) they had called Ron Goldman's Dad asking for comment. According to them he said no comment and then went on to say something about him being happy about it!... but not as an official comment or something to that effect.

Sad thing to say about someone but had it been my child that was murdered, I guess I might feel the same way about the attorney that got him out of it.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I think that if I were the Goldmans, I would be far more upset at the inept prosecutors in that case. But that's probably a whole 'nother thread.

I do find it sort of sad that he will always be remembered for the OJ trial. I watched Larry King last night and it seemed that so many people had a great deal of respect and praise for this man, not only for his abilities as a lawyer, but for the type of person he was. The consensus was that he was a man that cared a great deal about people and did a lot of good for his community. He wasn't just a celebrity attorney, it was just that celebrities want the best and he was considered one of the best. He did far more work for the civil rights of those who probably never could have afforded him.

[Ponine]

I finally see this morning that they are reporting he had an inoperable brain tumor for years.
I feel for the man. What a rotten way to go.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I do find it sort of sad that he will always be remembered for the OJ trial. I watched Larry King last night and it seemed that so many people had a great deal of respect and praise for this man, not only for his abilities as a lawyer, but for the type of person he was.

Not to be callous or anything, but don't people usually only have nice things to say about someone once they die? I don't know much about Johnnie Cochran, so those things might very well be true. It just seems that dying automatically puts someone on the "good people" list.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I don't feel for the man. "Don't speak ill of the dead," is nice and all, but Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman were hacked to death by a man "Mr. Johnny" managed to get off, scot-free. Do a little reviewing of the case on google. Remind yourselves of what, exactly, O.J. Simpson did.
Sure, Cochran was only doing his job, and he did it well (or in Mr. Johnny-speak, "splendoriferously.") But, even Robert Shapiro walked away from this one.
Slight clarification, Johnny Cochran was known for representing families of victims of police abuse, and winning millions of dollars. You can characterize this as "doing work for the civil rights of the underprivileged," but it was mighty lucrative.
While I don't pick Mr. Cochran out for special vilification from the cast of inepts that were the O.J. trial, he doesn't get a pass just because he's dead.

[wendybeth]

Eric made a comment along the lines of "What- did his contract with Satan expire?" I'm inclined to agree. No matter what 'good works' he may have done in his life, he will always be remembered for the OJ trial and the rotten tactics he employed to get a guilty man off the hook.