# Johnny Cochran Died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846 "2005-03-29T22:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/1 "2005-03-29T22:58:55Z")
No cite yet, but I just heard on the news that he died. That’s suprising, to me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/2 "2005-03-29T23:00:36Z")
Wikipedia isn’t the greatest cite. But it’ll do for now. [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cochran) ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/3 "2005-03-29T23:02:18Z")
CNN now confirming. “If the coffin fits, you must obit!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/4 "2005-03-29T23:05:45Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > CNN now confirming. > > “If the coffin fits, you must obit!” When the Grim Reaper knocks, you must get in the box. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/5 "2005-03-29T23:07:30Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > When the Grim Reaper knocks, you must get in the box. Oh that’s bad, but funny. Yes, I’m going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/6 "2005-03-29T23:07:30Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > CNN now confirming. > > “If the coffin fits, you must obit!” /Larry the Cable Guy ON Now I don’t care who you are, THAT is funny … /Larry OFF Surprising to me, too. I hope he was ready to go. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/7 "2005-03-29T23:08:04Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > CNN now confirming. > > “If the coffin fits, you must obit!” He died of a coughing fit? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/8 "2005-03-29T23:08:36Z")
When Skippy done [link](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-032905cochran_lat,0,1676319.story?coll=la-home-headlines), this thread no longer sink. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/9 "2005-03-29T23:09:09Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > Yes, I’m going to hell. …and I’m right behind you… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/10 "2005-03-29T23:09:55Z")
Oh, and: > [@](#): > > Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., the masterful attorney who gained prominence as an early advocate for victims of police abuse, then achieved worldwide fame for successfully defending football star O.J. Simpson on murder charges, died this afternoon. He was 67. > > Cochran died at his home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles of an inoperable brain tumor, according to his brother-in-law Bill Baker. His wife and his two sisters were with him at the time of his death. … from my previous link. ---
**Author:** ![puppymeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppymeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppymeister)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/11 "2005-03-29T23:25:44Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/12 "2005-03-29T23:26:55Z")
[Yo, we’re down here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309347) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/13 "2005-03-29T23:27:02Z")
Makes me wish I believed in an afterlife, 'cause he’s got some ‘splainin’ to do to Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman . . . ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/14 "2005-03-29T23:31:54Z")
Feels like lead? He must be dead. Rest in peace, you’re now deceased. If he’s not tired, he must be expired. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/15 "2005-03-29T23:34:31Z")
Like him, hate him. But he was one of the greatest trial lawyers in American history. Right up there with Webster. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/16 "2005-03-29T23:34:54Z")
He’s not only merely dead, he’s really quite sincerely dead. Wait, that’s not right. Um, if this van’s a rockin’, don’t bother knockin’? I’ll figure it out eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/17 "2005-03-29T23:34:55Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Makes me wish I believed in an afterlife, 'cause he’s got some ‘splainin’ to do to Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman . . . If Chewbacca is a Wookie, you must acquit! Look at the monkey! Look at the monkey! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/18 "2005-03-29T23:36:27Z")
If the pulse don’t beat, the man’s dead meat. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/19 "2005-03-29T23:40:38Z")
He’s not lazy, he’s just pushin’ up daisies. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846/20 "2005-03-29T23:44:23Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > …and I’m right behind you… That must be the breath on the back of my neck . . . . . 😉 **Marley23** , that was great. oooh, I’m going to burn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cochran-died/296846.md?page=2)