Former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman, Known for Role in O.J. Simpson Case, Dies at 74
- Former Los Angeles Police Department detective Mark Fuhrman died Tuesday, May 12, in Idaho at age 74, The Kootenai County Coroner Office confirmed. He was the central figure in the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial.
- During the 1995 trial of Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, Fuhrman discovered a bloody glove prosecutors intended as key evidence against the former football player.
- Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran portrayed Fuhrman as a racist who planted evidence, presenting recordings of the detective using racial epithets that undermined his credibility with the jury.
- Retiring from the LAPD in 1995, Fuhrman later pleaded no contest to a perjury charge; his subsequent career included hosting radio programs and providing commentary for Fox News.
- TMZ reported that Fuhrman died after battling an aggressive form of cancer, while sources indicated the detective had been suffering from the illness for some time.
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Mark Fuhrman, LAPD detective known for O.J. Simpson trial, dies at 74
Mark Fuhrman, the lead case detective known for his investigation of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, died on May 12, authorities in Kootenai County, Idaho, confirmed.
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Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles detective whose role in the murder prosecution of OJ Simpson collapsed under the weight of his own racist pronouncements, has died at 74. Fuhrman's manager said he died of throat cancer on Tuesday in northern Idaho. A Marine veteran who joined the LAPD in...
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