History by Magazine -- Hey, O.J. (TM). Thanks for all those great cover stories
O.J. Simpson has died but what he did for football, court TV and news magazine sales in 1994 will live forever. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas -- from three decades ago.
O.J. Simpson’s life as a football star and fully trademarked celebrity murderer will make a lively bio-pic some day.
Over the course of his murder investigation and trial in 1994-1995, he racked up more multimedia face-time than probably anyone in the 20th century.
He was the recurring ‘star’ of my weekly magazine column for more than a year, starting on June 23, 1994 and ending on Oct. 12, 1995. RIP, O.J. Not.
This is the first column I wrote on OJ, a week after he was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend and after the 24/7 OJ Multimedia Circus began.
This column after he was acquitted summed up the coverage of the OJ (TM) Docudrama.