OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson attend lawyer's funeral

(7 Apr 2005)
APTN
April 6, 2005 - Los Angeles, California
1. Wide shot exterior of West Angeles cathedral, location for Johnnie Cochran's funeral
2. Mid shot of church sign
3. Mid shot former American football player O.J. Simpson speaking to reporters
4. Close up photographer.
5. Close up Simpson and attorney F. Lee Bailey
6. Close up photographer
7. Close up Simpson
8. Wide shot media outside church
9. Singer Michael Jackson and his attorney Thomas Mesereau (white hair) arriving
10. Close up Michael Jackson
11. Close up photographer
12. Close up Mesereau and Michael Jackson
13. Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking to reporters
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reverend Jesse Jackson, Friend of Johnnie Cochran
"Well, Johnnie Cochran was great before he was famous, great in a sense of service rendering. We love Johnnie Cochran. Many people know he became famous during the O.J. trial, but Johnnie used to try many cases of people who could not afford a lawyer, but who had been wronged."
15. Singer Stevie Wonder arriving
16. Music producer Sean "P Diddy" Combs arriving
17. Cross atop church
18. Wide shot people arriving
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April 6, 2005 - Los Angeles, California
19. Various of funeral inside church
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FILE: October 3, 1995 - Los Angeles, California
20. Cochran and Simpson in court, as 'not guilty' verdict is read
O.J. & JACKSON TO ATTEND COCHRAN'S FUNERAL
Mourners including O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson gathered in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the funeral of well-known American lawyer Johnnie Cochran (Junior).
The lawyer's service at West Angeles Cathedral was to include remarks from the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton.
Talking to the press before the service, the Reverend Jackson called Cochran "a great man".
Cochran had worked with Jackson on a lawsuit in the 1990s.
American singer Michael Jackson, whose current molestation trial is in recess, walked slowly into the church with his entourage, including his attorney Thomas Mesereau.
O.J. Simpson, the former American football player who was defended by Cochran in his 1994-95 murder trial, also arrived.
Five-thousand people attended the funeral, bearing witness to Cochran's work on high-profile civil rights cases and celebrity trials.
Among those planning to attend was Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Black Panther freed in 1997 after spending 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Cochran was his lawyer in the case and had called the outcome the happiest experience of his career.
Cochran was 67 when he died on March 29 of an inoperable brain tumour at his home in Los Angeles.
He was diagnosed with the tumour in December 2003.
Attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, who worked with Cochran as part of Simpson's legal "dream team," were to speak at the funeral.
Former Cochran client Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant who was tortured by New York police, was also to speak, along with music producer Sean "P Diddy" Combs.
In his career, Cochran also represented other American celebrities such as football great Jim Brown, actor Todd Bridges and hip hop artists Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
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[@alfredbrownii1293]

Rip Johnny and OJ Simpson 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢2005 and 2024

[@HajimeNoJMo]

Cochran became famous for the right and wrong reasons, but either way, he was good at his job with his articulation and his knowledge of exploiting the law.

[@jimmymann1496]

FuckingHateTwilight Johnny only did his job. If you wanna hate someone hate Marcia Clark for doing her job poorly

[@KS-qr1ry]

FuckingHateTwilight good ridance

[@VFXPlug17]

At the end of the day he freed oj he probably put the best defense case possible in history to free oj bad jury or not he did what was deemed as the impossible

[@Haddonfield63]

White america hates johnnie but worships murderers and rapists like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and Christopher Columbus

[@KS-qr1ry]

JuaronTheMan because theyre all heroes and founders of this country

[@ZhangtheGreat]

I still can't believe his own father outlived him. Yes, Johnnie Cochran Sr. was at his own son's funeral.

[@xLiLtEmPeR]

it happens all the time. I have lots of uncles dead and grandpa still alive

[@WithoutRemorse12]

ZhangtheGreat It's about healthcare.

[@vdub98]

now his dad can see his sorry ass son lay dead, like nicole brown

[@VictorRodriguez-999]

He passed away last year, lived to be 101. Amazing really,Rip. www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=Ha2FXLmeCIju-gS-15ywBA&q=Johnnie+Cochran+sr&oq=Johnnie+Cochran+sr&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.3..46i275j0i22i30.1288924.1292751..1293534...0.0..2.625.4225.1j7j3j2j3j1......0....1.......0..46i131i275j46j0i131j0j46i131j0i10.zST0DTbzcqs

[@cedbigby1126]

@@vdub98 or like trevon martin

[@skullduggery3377]

-why should lawyers be buried 20 feet under? -because deep down they're really good people.

[@suzzy1790]

Lol

[@canadianfortrump4057]

If you like lawyer jokes: Why does New Jersey have the most toxic waste dumps and California has the most lawyers? Answer: New Jersey got first pick.

[@skullduggery3377]

@@canadianfortrump4057 = not bad!...final season premier of 'better call saul' tonight. stoked.

[@arhuxtable]

Johnnie would be 80 years old today if he were alive and turn 81 on October 2.

[@vdub98]

who gives a shit, should have died before defending a woman beater and murderer. yay Johnny is dead

[@sharpy2k735]

xtinafan06 wtf are u saying you dumb kid he did he’s job so don’t curse someone Because hey won a case and now that there dead and they where suffering imagine that was your mother or loved one you won’t be saying that plus johnnie was on the the best lawyers to have done it

[@sharpy2k735]

Vernon Nichols white ppl that’s why johnnie will forever be a legend standing up for black ppl u don’t get that cause ur white u don’t understand the world black ppl go through plus if I said that’s about u u wouldn’t like it the man rest

[@dixiedeed4918]

Johnny carried his age well and helped many ppl

[@vzjmusic8838]

Vernon Nichols get a life you syco path

[@justju0rd]

damn both OJ along with Michael are gone now

[@aaronbechtel5034]

Making the world a slightly better place.

[@boknowsbaseball]

F. Lee Bailey!!! Great to see the team back together.

[@tomplan8988]

The last of the greates

[@user-td1me4tv3u]

Johnie Cochran was a Boss.

[@michaelwalker2676]

'He did better than that for us'. I would like to have seen more of Johnnie Cochran's funeral. R.I.P.

[@dixiedeed4918]

Me too Cochran a great. Legend intelligence wisdom knowledge back it up true facts

[@TheBigtrav1]

@@aaronkeane4914 all he did was his job nothing personal…

[@user-td1me4tv3u]

Johnie Cochran was a Boss.

[@pressmaster1255]

How could OJ even show his face at his funeral after never paying the man that saved his life?

[@aaronbechtel5034]

Simple. The narcissist couldn't pass up a chance to be the center of attention.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

He probabily did pay.him that's why.he went broke

[@GAURAV25855ify]

​@@aaronbechtel5034but after the trial he wanted to lead a private life

[@ef3602]

they all got rich after the trial anyways

[@satyendrandonibanerjee8682]

Even though I believe OJ did it I got to say that Johnny Cochran was a very smart guy and very articulate with his vocabulary if he wasn't a lawyer he would have been a very good salesman.

[@theylie3824]

A random bystander tells Sean Combs " be cool remember where your at." That was a reference to that cornball East vs West beef BS.

[@DamitFeelsGoodtobeaRaider]

and then he started walking fast as lightnin lol.

[@whitneymoore05]

R.I.P. great man and lawyer

[@SerbSimulator]

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[@LUCKO2022]

Johnnie was a piece of shit that helped a murdering psycho continue to walk the streets. I am GLAD he died the way he did. That is KARMA for robbing Nicole and Ron TRUE JUSTICE.

[@dailray3204]

+Darth Grumpy Fuck you white supremacists

[@KS-qr1ry]

Dail Ray fuck you racebaiter

[@dixiedeed4918]

OJ looks dam good those sun glasses at Cochran funeral Simpson owe this man his life for real

[@AndreaElizabeth100]

I love Johnnie Cochran he helped Michael Jackson. Sad that he died his death seems strange. I believe Michael Jackson was murdered.

[@louloutre]

Oh please.... I feel terrible for what happened to MJ, but Johnnie Cochran would "help" anyone that would bring him media attention and money. I strongly disbelieve MJ was guilty, but even if there were physical evidence he had raped kids, that guy would defend him.

[@angelitaange6698]

louloutre: no evidence !!! because Michael was very innocent !!!! he would never hurt a child! you have to be very stupid to think otherwise! Michael is innocent always !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vehemence3499]

I also believe MJ was innocent but your response is weak and emotional and no good arguement for his innocence

[@Kienan4321]

AndreaElizabeth100 I think Johnnie Cochran was murdered linked to the O.J case

[@dixiedeed4918]

@@angelitaange6698 say that

[@JerichoMile4]

Uh...I do not think Stevie Wonder ever saw the lousy lawyer Johnnie Cochran !

[@cakestalker]

Stevie Wonder was there to perform a song at his funeral.

[@user-rf2hc2rg7n]

but he smashed yo mom's and he couldn't even see how ugly she qa6

[@sylviarobinson5952]

🧐

[@LIBERATIONUNIT]

Legend....long live Johnny

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Wow OJ WAS out there

[@robertryan399]

This is like the ‘27 Yankees “Murderers row” of attendees at a funeral

[@destinyson23]

Cochran’s calling card read - “if you are guilty as hell, give me a call. Nobody deals the race card better.”

[@aftonelaineburton1596]

Vincent Bugliosi was a MUCH BIGGER crook than Johnnie Cochran EVER WAS!

[@lordbison]

Race plays a Huge part in All Court Cases regarding Non-Whites!

[@user-rf2hc2rg7n]

except your mother

[@JosephStardust]

Was Snoop Dogg there?

[@arhuxtable]

Johnnie Cochran's death was a bittersweet situation for Ron Goldman's family. Murder victim Ron's father Fred said Johnnie was "the most disgusting man he had to listen to in his life" because of the playing of a race card. Fred added that Johnnie was a sick man who needed to be put away.

[@dixiedeed4918]

So to you Fred Goldman you sick too money hunger blood money

[@liecrusher3506]

Seemed all bitter to me.

[@andrewnugent6207]

@@dixiedeed4918 it was a civil suit.

[@jkbzz]

Cochran was simply doing my his job. Yes, OJ Simpson murdered Nicole and Ron but Cochran and the rest of the dream team lawyers were simply doing their job. I honestly don't understand why the Goldman's were happy, were the defense lawyers supposed to work in their favor to convict OJ??? I don't get it. If anything the Goldman's should have directed that anger at the prosecution who failed woefully at their jobs. We all saw it on TV and it was clear that the defense lawyers were just miles apart from the prosecution despite the facts and evidence the prosecution had available. Again I say, OJ did that crime. But unfortunately in the USA, you must prove what you must prove in a court of law.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

​@@jkbzzyes all true the Goldman family should have blamed prosecution team for the fouling up the evidence with the planted bloody.glooves that simpson shrunk and most of all bringing up mark furhman on.the stands knowing g his reputation lying under oath

[@robbierosenhaus5160]

Why wasn’t farakan there 🤪

[@lordbison]

Because He & The Senior Pastor of West Angeles Church, Pimp Bishop Blake do not like each other! By now I think Pimp Bishop Blake Retired! I have not been to West Angeles Church since 1994, when it was Across & down the street on The South West Corner of Jefferson & Crenshaw Blvd.

[@aftonelaineburton1596]

This man deserves more love than the corrupt, lying, self-centered, hypocritical, arrogant opportunist that was Vincent Bugliosi!

[@theghostranger9964]

Tupac should have been there but he was too busy in Cuba at the time

[@GAURAV25855ify]

He died on September of 1996, and I DONT think Johnny Cochran ever defended him imagine if he was still alive he defended Rkelly Johnny deep or Harvey weinstein

[@theghostranger9964]

@@GAURAV25855ify he would be as controversial as Allen is with Epstein in my opinion

[@liecrusher3506]

R.I.P. Johnnie.

[@robertg.8830]

Another liar lawyer.

[@runningwild689]

JC had to make something up for OJ case, cause OJ was guilty, and the jury listening to JC song and dance, so sad OJ murdered two beautiful people, for what? rip ron and nicole.

[@danielx8]

He killed them because they were trying to profit from his sweat

[@lordbison]

There still is No Proof that OJ Murdered Nicole & Ron! I do feel bad about what happened! Members of My Family were murdered & The Killers are still out there! I know how it feels! But The LA County District Attorney's Office, The LAPD & The L.A. County Sheriff's Dept are All Corrupt & Racist! That is why they are still under Federal Oversight by The DOJ!

[@jimmymann1496]

Runningwild I believe OJ did it, but at the end of the day it was Marcia Clark’s and Christopher Darden’s fault he got off. They were not the right people for the job

[@user-rf2hc2rg7n]

RIP Nicole and Ron COKEHEADS!!!

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Jealous and rage

[@truemooform]

I believe he died not by chance

[@JesusAlleineRettet]

Jesus said I have set you as Gods over the people, means a greater Judgement for those Gods who forces the law. But if you defend someone who’s guilty and you win that a guilty person gets a juridical Not guilty, sometimes God acts and take a life. I think that has happened with Cochran and now with OJ Simpson as well. You can’t fool God and if you swear you under the law of God much greater than just earthly court.

[@karenfridie689]

OJ must live a long long time for the role he played in his wife's murder.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

He didn't act alone

[@kyjones6879]

There was a lot of money in West Angeles COGIC that day. If I were Bishop C.E. Blake (pastor of that church (then COGIC General Board Member and now currently the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God In Christ)) I would have taken up an offering

[@dixiedeed4918]

Omg

[@SOULRELIEF22]

I am only hearing of this death TODAY! That's AMAZING. And I had television in THOSE days! It's like I only RECENTLY heard of Samuel L. Jackson...around 2019! Obviously, MANY who are rich and famous, are NOT acknowledged in the heavenly places where those who LOVE JESUS dwell. HALLELUJAH! 🙏🙌

[@damienoleary8171]

So all rapists murders and all criminals attended .

[@dixiedeed4918]

What hell you mean justice the end

[@lordbison]

There are Rapists & Murderers on Capitol Hill! And?

[@user-td1me4tv3u]

You said all The rapists, murders and all criminals attended? Technically no because they were all acquitted that makes them citizens to society.

[@burtonkephart6239]

Rabid animals !!! Cochran greatest con artist of last 50 years

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Was Michael Jackson a rapist or child pedfillor as media portrayed him.out to be . was Jim brown a gang members apart from being g a football player turned actor was p Diddy a criminal. Imagine if Johnny was still alive who would he have defended.