# OJ Simpson has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 11, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157 "2024-04-11T14:58:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/163 "2024-04-14T23:14:45Z")
Since most of the copies sold on Amazon are going to be used, that won’t benefit the Goldmans at all. It does look like the book never went out of print. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/164 "2024-04-15T00:34:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > But the biggest mistake was the fucking gloves. I have never tried it, but it seems to me that trying to put leather gloves over latex gloves isn’t going to work well. The friction between the latex and leather will make it impossible to put on, which I believe was the case and emphasized by his hamming up the scene. This is aided by the fact that wet leather will contract as it dries. This is an old technique for making gloves fit “like a glove”. If you insert your hand while it is wet, you can stretch the leather where it is tight, then let the glove dry around your hand. Bingo. Take a glove, get it wet, and let it dry on its own and it’s tight to squeeze into. Try to pull tight, crusty stiff leather over latex, and of course it won’t fit. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/165 "2024-04-15T01:13:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Was there any death bed confessionals? Apparently, we’ll never know. > **[OJ Simpson Reportedly Made His Children Sign An NDA To Visit Him On His Death...](https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3510301/oj-simpson-reportedly-made-his-children-sign-an-nda-to-visit-him-on-his-death-bed)** > > We continue to learn more information about the death of OJ Simpson, including an apparent NDA that was required to be signed to visit him prior to his passing:SOURCE - OJ Simpson’s children were made... ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/166 "2024-04-15T01:35:26Z")
Touching. “Thanks for coming to see your dying dad. I just need you to sign here, sign here, and initial here. You can go in now.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/167 "2024-04-15T01:39:15Z")
He made no dying confessions. [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/oj-simpsons-final-words-many-32576175](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/oj-simpsons-final-words-many-32576175) . ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/168 "2024-04-15T03:28:04Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Since most of the copies sold on Amazon are going to be used How do you know that? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/169 "2024-04-15T04:17:08Z")
I was a 3rd party Amazon vendor for many years. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/170 "2024-04-15T04:44:07Z")
Most people choose to buy a used copy even though a new copy is cheaper? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/171 "2024-04-15T07:53:20Z")
You get to use the last person’s highlights when you study for the exam. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/172 "2024-04-15T12:35:20Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Can she adjust to watching the previous day’s episode with her lunch? I suggested that once, and she gave me a look like this: 😒 ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/173 "2024-04-16T02:36:26Z")
Regarding not getting the $100 mil, I’m not going to argue whether or not the Goldman family deserves it (although I’d definitely hope they’d put a chunk of it to good use), I’m saying they’re not _getting_ it. Simpson didn’t exactly have a massively lucrative career post-acquittal, and getting nabbed for armed robbery obviously only made it worse, so where exactly is this payment coming _from?_ It’s one of the first things I learned in contract law: If the estate isn’t enough to cover everything, the creditors are just out of luck. I can’t see any solution that won’t cause a massive uproar. Growing up with the kind of absolutely execrable…_everybody_ I had to deal with (my sister, a couple cousins, and three or four teachers were pretty cool), I’ve grudgingly come to accept the fact that too often, justice simply ain’t happenin’. It’s a good lesson that we all should remember. I really don’t see what benefit there is to harping blame on or punishing OJ’s children, but that’ll just have to sort itself out. Regardless, I’m not going to riot in the streets if they get something, or even a lot. Bad feet, for one. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/174 "2024-04-16T04:09:26Z")
Where is the like button? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/175 "2024-04-16T04:11:54Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > I really don’t see what benefit there is to harping blame on or punishing OJ’s children Is anyone doing that? As best as i can tell, they are blameless. I just think that anything in the estate should go to pay the creditors before it goes to his kids. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/176 "2024-04-16T08:39:47Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > I’ve grudgingly come to accept the fact that too often, justice simply ain’t happenin’. That’s a truth. In this case, the justice the Goldmans may get is just the acknowledgment that a jury found OJ responsible and awarded a large sum in their favor. Getting that money may not happen, but at this point the Goldmans might have to accept that. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Is anyone doing that? I kinda did a little. I don’t know, I feel bad for them, for the loss of their mother by their father’s hand, by the whole situation. They don’t deserve shame heaped on them for his actions. I just think that the executor fighting the judgement and declaring he will try to defy it is an asshole. Maybe he feels justified if he thinks that the judgement was wrong, or the value too high to begin with, or that he’s protecting the (adult) children’s interests. But it’s a dick move. I can understand OJ wanting to defy the judgement. But unless the children think he didn’t do it, I think that fighting the judgement just makes them look petty and vindictive. Better for them to see it paid to the best of the estate’s ability and put an end to the situation. Fighting it drags it out longer, and just keeps them in the limelight. > [@DKW](#): > > Regardless, I’m not going to riot in the streets if they get something, or even a lot. Yeah, I’m not a “riot in the streets” guy. But I don’t see how deserve any real money from the estate. Personal belongings, memorabilia, private photos and momentos, but not valuables. That should go to the creditors first, with the Goldmans being high on that list. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/177 "2024-04-16T09:19:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, I get how he was aquited. Just reiterating it is like 99% likely he was the killer. I leave 1% for absolute crazy possibilities that did not happen. I was in the “but maybe he didn’t do it” camp through most of the trial. A few years after, I read Vincent Bugliosi’s book on the subject. By the time I was done with it, it seemed clear as day that, not only did he do it, but that the prosecution was absolutely inept. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but had Bugliosi prosecuted the case, I believe OJ would have died in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/178 "2024-04-16T19:11:05Z")
Regardless of the trial OJ Simpson is probably the most guilty you can be after a trial despite being found innocent of a crime. I think Kyle Rittenhouse is the only other person I can think of, even Casey Anthony decided to lay low for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/179 "2024-04-16T19:35:34Z")
Um, Kyle was innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/180 "2024-04-16T19:44:05Z")
I find it interesting that the [Joe Lieberman has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479) thread died after 20 posts, but this one is going strong after 178 posts. It probably says something about American celebrity culture or something. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/181 "2024-04-16T20:44:17Z")
Yeah, he’s a real saint. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157/182 "2024-04-16T20:52:55Z")
Well, technically the verdict is [“not guilty,”](https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1348), which isn’t the same thing as “We think he’s innocent.” Now, whether or not his jury actually believed in his professed innocence, or whether the verdict was just a big FU to “The Man” for past injustices, I don’t know which weighed heavier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157.md?page=10)