Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. (October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) is an American attorney best known for his role in the "dream team" of legal defense for O. J. Simpson during his highly-publicized murder trial. Cochran is also known as an attorney in the defense of Sean P. Diddy Combs. He was born at Charity Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana. His parents were Johnnie L. Cochran, Sr., the son of Alonzo Cochran, and the late Hattie Bass Cochran (died 1991), the daughter of Eugene Bass. He was raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA, and received his law degree from Loyola Marymount University.
During closing arguments in the O.J. Simpson trial, he uttered the now famous enthymeme, "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit." With that hilarious, rhyming bon mot, he helped a double-murderer walk free to golf again.
He died on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, during a fit of screaming ridiculous, comical catchphrases.
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