Journalists, lawyers react to O.J. Simpson's death, reflect on his complicated legacy

O.J. Simpson, the former football star and actor, died from cancer Wednesday. He was 76. Simpson was famously acquitted in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, in a case that dominated headlines and TV screens for months. He was later found liable for their deaths by a jury in a civil trial. Here are some reactions to his death and a look at his complicated legacy.
00:00 Ed Gordon, first journalist to interview O.J. Simpson after acquittal
07:35 Carl E. Douglas, one of O.J. Simpson's attorneys during 1995 murder trial
20:03 Helicopter pilot Zoey Tur and journalist Jim Newton
30:31 CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman, journalist Ed Gordon and "Entertainment Tonight" co-host Nischelle Turner
58:44 CBS News Radio's Allison Keyes on covering O.J. Simpson trial
1:06:17 Jim Hill reacts to O.J. Simpson's death
1:11:18 David Goldstein recalls covering murder trial
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[@COO415]

"If it doesn't fit, you MUST aquit" - repeat 3X. This will be taught in law classes for a century.

[@orlandomanuel8579]

He’s facing a New Judgment now. Remembering the victims, Nickole Brown and Ron Goldman. My Condolences goes out to the Family of OJ Simpson. They,too were victims .

[@travisbrown6595]

How did his blood (filled with EDTA) get on the murder scene when the airport workers eyewitnesses all said he had no cuts on his hands

[@naithngr81-jh2bb]

Don't bother the "OJ DID IT because I said so" people with facts about the case. Notice how none of them have any answer for Mark Fuhrman pleading the fifth for planting evidence or the EDTA (although a few of the try to claim that EDTA is naturally present in everyone's bodies)

[@JulianaZito]

There is a lot that doesn't make sense. Oj signed autographs on that plane and airport holding the paper in the left hand so surely someone would gave seen such an injury, blood or a bandage

[@travisbrown6595]

@@JulianaZito Exactly, and if he didn’t have said cut, then there’s no way he could’ve left blood evidence at the scene

[@naithngr81-jh2bb]

@@JulianaZito Yes. People who claim to believe OJ did it want everyone to believe that OJ somehow just healed up completely withing 30 minutes. Plus the idea that OJ stabbed himself is just as a crazy. Out of all the stabbing cases you've heard of, you've never heard of a stabber stabbing themself.

[@orenthal01]

and big surprise that the helicopter pilot who said "good riddance" got shut down almost immediately. What a joke.

[@judymiles7186]

Does the coffin fit?

[@janicenakonechny3674]

I heard today that the reason the glove didn't fit is because he usually took arthritis medicine, but didn't before the glove test because then his hands would swell.

[@TheUnderCoverMother2020]

​@janicenakonechny3674 Plus Leather shrinks when it gets wet. Blood. As well as trying to put them on over a pair of medical gloves. Extra bulk

[@bleuskye8124]

The prosecution chose to surprise the defense and have OJ try the gloves. So the nonsense that he stopped taking his meds is just a lie.

[@RegisLucas-zf8kt]

Justice is finally served for the Brown and Goldman families

[@KBM144]

Yess Oj Simpson is in Heaven with his parents 💓

[@RegisLucas-zf8kt]

OJ Simpson is in HELL now

[@bekreto]

Why THE Brown Family did Not release the phone records ? It will prove that OJ was innocent.

[@January.]

pink glasses + pink dress = GAUDY

[@adrianjanssens7116]

He caught cancer while searching for his former wife's killer. Quite a guy.

[@trudimariscal9989]

He was an excellent football athlete!! 🏈🏈

[@travisbrown6595]

Did she say the 2 Americas was revealed in the 1990’s?!?! Is she insane?

[@rolandemorgan5992]

Let this man's past be over. He's dead his debts are resolved. No one is perfect. His creator is his only judge now 😮

[@polkadotsuzanne9306]

Amen

[@pommiebears]

That’s true.

[@panasheguta3440]

i wonder if you would be saying this if ur sister or loved one was the one murdered

[@victoriavancartier7379]

​@@panasheguta3440It's a hypocrite of course.....they wouldn't be offering the same words for the officers who were acquitted of beating Rodney King....George Zimmeran....I could go on and on....a hypocritical people for sure....

[@naomitims4521]

@@panasheguta3440yes, I know one of Nicole’s sisters and her family was destroyed over this.

[@668ib72]

How come no one is talking about CTE. Trying to cover it up.

[@awatkins8429]

Cant talk about something that you cant prove. His family didnt want to donate his brain for research. Any conversation about that would only be speculative.

[@trudimariscal9989]

They won’t allow it

[@bekreto]

CTE phone record will prove that oj was innocent. That’ si why they won’t release it.

[@quill444]

I'll never forget when my former wife, the mother of our son, started dating another man: I was very happy she had found someone who would perhaps love her better than I did. 💐 - j q t -

[@mastermassy7472]

Two issues were strange and always at stake in the Law Enforcement work,,, Why did the police not check the engine and the bottom of radiator heat temp from Bronco when they went to his house shortly after the murders,,,, and the kicker was when his buddy Khardashian barged in OJ's house ,,, in the middle of crime scene investigation and walked out with the most essential evidence in the suitcase that he walked out with

[@bekreto]

Why did the Brown Family did not till this day release the phone record of that Night.

[@CryingOrc1]

OJ Brahh, Stay Up Ma Brehhhh

[@bleuskye8124]

Pucker up Gail.

[@natashapenland8406]

When i think of oj i am overwhelmed by his accomplishments in football. He was my first hero as a child. Im a 57 year old white guy who absolutely loved watçhing him play and watching his highlights. R.i.p hero!

[@LonnHoffman-kw8wz]

I really don’t think many people will be sad he is gone! Just goes to show everyone, money CAN buy anything, including a not guilty verdict!

[@MauriceOrtiz-ut8yi]

Oh Joy OJ

[@heaven-leighpierce1001]

9 yrs...😂u tried it...wasnt getting ish

[@polkadotsuzanne9306]

Don't believe he was guilty.

[@pommiebears]

How long have you been on this planet? How many times around the sun? You’re still this gullible? OF COURSE HES GUILTY. He pretty much admitted to the murders, yet here you are…..🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jasonbartell6579]

@@pommiebearsExcept that’s false…

[@love4artnl]

He did not kill Nicole . She was killed by someone very powerfull in the industry in hollywood . Maybe she rejected him , and maybe she threatened to expose him for a crime she came to know of . It happens a lot to people , from all over the world .

[@lts5075]

Why take cheap shots at a dead man! Simpson was not a saint but why rehash his past! Just say he died and leave it at that!!

[@aclark903]

There’s always a reason why media focus on one story and not another. They think this will help Biden.

[@Reach41]

The only reason he is known to anyone under the age of 40 is because he slaughtered the mother of his children and the friend who tried to save her. That, and his unfathomable acquittal after a trial watched by the whole country, set race relations back a century.

[@janicenakonechny3674]

because he chopped off his wife's freakin head, why do you think.

[@janicenakonechny3674]

@@RA82828 it's my cheap entertainment.

[@janicenakonechny3674]

I believe the word is 'troll'.

[@Reach41]

Who will be the first politician to suggest renaming a street, freeway or government building after him?

[@COO415]

@Reach41. You must be an insufferable troll 🙄

[@Reach41]

@@COO415 You and I are among the best. 😎

[@niterida380]

Good riddance? Wow, Owen Wilson.

[@travisbrown6595]

These wicked devils are shameless

[@polkadotsuzanne9306]

🙏 RIP OJ SIMPSON

[@janicenakonechny3674]

Finally, OJ's wife and Ron can RIP.

[@palerider964]

Yeah....rest in piss.

[@teepride9054]

Sending Condolences and Prayers to OJ ' Family!💔🙏❤️😢🏈🤍🏆🎬🎥

[@apage1717]

✝️ Rest in Peace OJ ✝️

[@ghost-ez2zn]

Nope. Absolutely do NOT rest in peace.

[@Mila_Brearey]

The minute I saw Gayle, I knew that I couldn't watch any longer. She is like nails on a chalkboard!

[@billlozier5551]

Costas nails it! OJ killed Nicole and Ron. No spin will change it.

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

May he rest in PIECES in the dark abyss of torment and shrieks.

[@rohanlawrence2336]

Rest in power oj 🍊 Simpson 😮

[@ramseyabdul1873]

The new Jersey mob killed Nicole Brown

[@DarrylKing-ur5km]

THE GREAT OJ SIMPSON REST EASY

[@tiagrant2942]

Rip oj!

[@terrykellen6715]

The white supremacist trying to tarnish his name. Let him rest in peace.

[@pommiebears]

😂 No, OJ did that.

[@love4artnl]

Oj did not kill Nicole . People often get killed because they are a hostile wittness . I think Nicole knew what was going on in hollywood , and people knew it , and were afraid she would report that crime . I think it had something to do with powerfull people in the industry . It is going on now , and it was going on in 1994 . God only knows who is behind it , i would say someone that was powerfull .

[@indysingh4552]

The jury said he didn't get over it. ​@@pommiebears

[@justinedse8435]

@indysingh4552 Is this supposed to be a sentence? I'm confused.

[@TheUnderCoverMother2020]

​@@indysingh4552 Civil Jury did thou.

[@jaypatterson8117]

I PRAY FOR BOTH FAMILIES THAT GOD WILL GIVE HIS PEACE. I DON'T BELIEVE OJ DID IT. I BELIEVE HE KNOWS WHO DID IT BUT COULDN'T TELL BECAUSE FEAR OF HIS CHILDREN. NICHOL WAS IN A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND OWED PEOPLE MONEY. WHAT ABOUT MARK FUHRMAN WHO TOOK THE FIFTH AND BLOODY GLOVE? NONE OF US WERE THERE SO WE CAN'T SAY WHO DID IT. BUT ONE DAY GOD WILL JUDGE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMITTED THE CRIMES. NO WAY ONE PERSON DID THIS.

[@trudimariscal9989]

A lot of people think and know he did it

[@JL-qo1hg]

95? Try june of last week. Stundo

[@the_patriot7]

God give him his punish !!!

[@victorko7856]

[@blackhippychick]

As for the helicopter man he was acquitted ron and nicoles death has nothing to do with OJ according to society and a jury

[@pommiebears]

Not my society. I don’t know what reality you’re living in, but if you think this man is innocent, Ron and Nicole are sipping margaritas on a beach somewhere! Because if he didn’t kill them, they’re still alive.

[@victoriavancartier7379]

​@@pommiebearsHer KZbin handle explains everything....jaded and biased....

[@TheUnderCoverMother2020]

He was found responsible for their deaths in Civil Court.