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  2. Posted

    So prominent was this case you could compile several DDP teams from it.

    Murder trial of O.J. Simpson, 1995

    concerning the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson (1959–1994) and Ron Goldman (1968–1994)
    accused: O. J. Simpson (1947–2024)
    judge: Lance Ito (wiki, born 1950)
    defense "Dream Team": led by Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005), with Robert Shapiro (wiki, born 1942), F. Lee Bailey (1933–2021), Alan Dershowitz (wiki, born 1938), Robert Kardashian (1944–2003), Shawn Holley (wiki, born 1962), Carl E. Douglas (wiki, born 1955), Gerald Uelmen (wiki, born 1940), Barry Scheck (wiki, born 1949) and Peter Neufeld (wiki, born 1950)
    prosecution: Marcia Clark (wiki, born 1953), William Hodgman (wiki, born 1952), Christopher Darden (wiki, born 1956) and District Attorney Gil Garcetti (wiki, born 1941).
    other trial contributors: investigator Mark Fuhrman (wiki, born 1952), domestic violence expert Lenore E. Walker (wiki, born 1942), chief medical examiner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran (wiki, born 1949), physician Robert Huizenga (wiki, born 1950s), pathologist Michael Baden (wiki, born 1934), forensic scientist Henry Lee (wiki, born 1938) and toxicologist Fredric Rieders (1922–2005).
    broadcasters covering the chase: Zoey Tur (wiki, born 1960) – spotted his vehicle from a news copter, NBC's Tom Brokaw (wiki, born 1940), ABC's Peter Jennings (1938–2005) and Barbara Walters (1929–2022), and Jim Hill (wiki, born 1946).
    broadcasters covering the courtroom: Larry King (1933–2021), Linda Deutsch (wiki, born 1943), Harvey Levin (wiki, born 1950), David Margolick (wiki, born 1952). Writers Dominick Dunne (1925–2009) and Joe McGinniss (1942–2014) also had full access.
    others associated: football player Al Cowlings (wiki, born 1947) – close friend of O.J. / aided him in the low speed police chase whilst evading capture, actor Kato Kaelin (wiki, born 1959) – with friend Nicole Brown Simpson shortly before her murder, former football coach to O.J. John McKay (1923–2001), and fellow players Walter Payton (1953–1999) and Vince Evans (wiki, born 1955) – all spoke to Simpson during his police chase to talk him out of committing suicide, former NFL player and pastor Rosey Grier (wiki, born 1932) – visited and comforted O.J. shortly after his capture, television personality and author Faye Resnick (wiki, born 1947) – friend of Nicole's who O.J.'s defense team described as a drug user in debt to dealers who may have been involved in the murders, journalist Jeffrey Toobin (wiki, born 1960) – printed a famous article claiming that the defense were considering suggested the glove was planted at the scene by "racist" investigators, Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan (wiki, born 1933) – provided Cochran with bodyguards during the trial after he received death threats, prosecutor and author Vincent Bugliosi (1934–2015) – wrote the famous book "Outrage" detailing why O.J. got away with murder, Willie L. Williams (1943–2016) – head of the LA Police Dept during the case and trial, lawyer Daniel M. Petrocelli (wiki, born 1953) – filed the 1997 wrongful death civil suit against O.J., screenwriter Pablo Fenjves (wiki, born 1953) – ghostwrote "If I Did It", a collaborated account with O.J., journalist Ed Gordon (wiki, born 1960) was the first to interview O.J. following the trial, with Katie Couric (wiki, born 1957) getting an in depth interview with O.J. in 2004 about the case, actress and television personality Ruby Wax (wiki, born 1953) did a famous interview with O.J. in 1998 where he pretended to stab her with a banana, detective William Dear (wiki, born 1937) – published "O.J. is Innocent and I Can Prove it", convicted serial killer Glen Edward Rogers (wiki, born 1962) – claims to have been hired by O.J. to carry out the murders.

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    1 hour ago, oldhollywood said:

    Haha I’m very familiar! Just doubt there’s many siblings both born in the 1910s and died in the 2020s, so I find it especially interesting that a household name like Kirk Douglas and his sister did. The odds of that must be astronomically small


    Look up Irving Kahn + siblings 

    or Maggie Renfro + siblings

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    21 minutes ago, oldhollywood said:

    Two siblings born in the 1910s both lived to see the 2020s!


    Wait until you hear about these things called supercentenarians!

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    35 minutes ago, La Tombe said:

    Does someone knows if Yvonne Furneaux French-British actress, aged 97 is alive ? 
    All I know is that she is widowed since the death of French husband Jacques Natteau in 2007 years and she lives in Geneva. But I don’t know is she is alive because there are no recent photo or interviews of her.


    Odd timing. I watched a movie of hers the other night. Furneaux wouldn’t die off radar. 
     

    Though there is some controversy as to whether she was born in 1928 or 1926.

     

    I think we discussed her before? Seem to be having deja vu.

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    28 minutes ago, Comped said:

    He was essentially the only producer who could get a western musical into China, and was well known in the industry for doing so over the years. His work domestically was pretty good, but his work in China opened up the market to a lot of western companies (especially Disney) in the last decade or two. Didn't know him personally, but knew people who've dealt with him.


    I see you just read his Wiki page.

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    1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

    Toby Simkin, theatre producer and the first man to sell tickets for performances on a new-fangled thing called "the internet" in the mid-90s, dead at 59. Normally wouldn't have posted, but he hits one of my favourite niches for dead celebs: people who clearly wrote their own Wikipedia entry.


    I went on his Wiki page earlier and groaned when I saw it.

    "Simkin co-produced shows that have collectively garnered 3 Tony Awards (and 5 nominations), 7 Drama Desk Awards, 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 2 Lucille Lortel Awards, 3 Drama League Awards, 1 Theatre World Award, 1 Olivier Award, 3 OBIE Awards and 1 Pulitzer Prize. Shows that Simkin was involved in marketing have garnered an additional 243 Tony nominations and 96 wins"[3]

    [3]     = TobySimkin.com

     :rolleyes:

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    Just now, YoungWillz said:

    I think we previously discussed that Hoather had a FB page which may throw some light on the others since we last talked about them. Don't know if you tried to contact him or got anything then, but it's been 4 years.


    Forgot about that. Will have a look later.

    Just tested my theory on the Who link being dubious. Mike Wakelin was born in Essex in 1941 as Michael A Wakelin. He doesn't show up in the GRO up to 2021, isn't in the Probates after that, and according to 192.com, was alive as recently as 2020. Looking like he's still around, so Hoather probably isn't the only surviving member, hence the odd wording in the link.

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    10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    I became intrigued by The Naturals recently.

     

    Interesting. There's this which is a possible obit for Curt Cresswell from 2018: https://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/memorials/death-notices/death/30384999.curtis-william-cresswell-curt/

     

    There's also this, an article bearing to be from October 2023 which indicates that Roy Hoather is the surviving member of the band: https://www.thewho.info/Other0.htm

     

    Don't know if further investigation might throw something up? Difficult one, I know.


    Thanks for this @YoungWillz! That is indeed a death notice for Cresswell. As there was only one Curtis Cresswell born in 1946–1948, plus the area concerned is also a match.

    As for the others, I will add a note to the listing with that Who link. The wording bothers me slightly. It says "the surviving". If they had said "the last surviving" then I would have been more happy to mark all the others as deceased but I want to err on the side of caution to make room for any potential oversights.

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    12 minutes ago, RetroGamer47 said:

    Honestly surprised this hasn’t gotten national news coverage, especially since his songs have been all throughout Hollywood movies.


    Dude, it’s been little over an hour. Patience.

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    Of note, Doug Hoyle was the last living MP who represented the now abolished seat of Warrington.

    His death also leaves Lord John Lee (wiki), 81, as the last living MP to have represented the now abolished seat of Nelson and Cole. Lee was a Tory MP from 1979 to 1992. He publicly defected to the Lib Dems in 2001, and was given a peerage from them in 2006.

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    2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Warrington Guardian have gone for 97, Lancashire Telegraph have gone for 94. :lol:


    Warrington Guardian and Lancashire Telegraph have now amended their articles.

    Guardian obit confirms born 17 Feb 1926 in Coppull, a village by Chorley. Did not serve in WWII.

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    1 hour ago, drol said:

    ITV is giving his age as 98. Error?


    This is correct actually.

    The birth records don't like. Eric D H Hoyle, born in Chorley on 17 Feb 1926.

    Wowza. Everywhere has it wrong, even Who's Who!

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    38 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    Not exactly a by-election but I'm not thinking to start another thread for the non-event of Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Interesting development in Cumbria (where the post also includes responsibility for the fire service). The incumbent - Peter McCall (Conservative) -  has done two terms and isn't standing again, though the Conservatives do have another candidate. The problem is, as things stand, he's currently the only candidate!

     

     

    https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/pcc.cumbria.2024-05-02/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-cumbria/


    For the love of god please don’t bother. There’s a general political discussion thread. PCCs are the most boring and pointless things in the whole of the UK political system.

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