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  • Even as he was dying from a cancerous brain tumor that reduced him to a wheelchair and robbed him of his silky eloquence, Johnnie Cochran.

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    THE LAST DAYS OF JOHNNIE COCHRAN

    Even as he was dying from a cancerous brain tumor that reduced him to a wheelchair and robbed him of his silky eloquence, Johnnie Cochran remained upbeat – hosting friends, vacationing in Italy and making plans for the future.

    But in the days leading up to his death March 29, the legendary lawyer knew the end was near and surrounded himself with his wife, father and adult children, who held a constant vigil at his home in the Los Feliz area of L.A., friends said.

    His wife, Dale Mason, hardly ever left his side, joined by “The Chief” – his 88-year-old father, Johnnie Sr. – brother-in-law Bill Baker, daughters Melody and Tiffany and son Jonathan, a California highway cop.

    Barely able to speak, the 67-year-old Cochran also bid heart-wrenching goodbyes to close pals Keith Givens, an Alabama lawyer who ran his expanding practice, and attorney Jock Smith, a native New Yorker to whom he’d become like a father after Smith’s dad was gunned down.

    “We talked about his trip to Italy, but you could tell he was tired – dialogue was difficult, and he was getting weaker,” said Givens of his last meeting with a man he called “probably the greatest lawyer the planet has ever seen.

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    Johnnie Cochran

    For the Scottish association football manager, see Johnny Cochrane.

    American attorney (1937–2005)

    Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr.[1] (KOK-rən; October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American attorney from California who was involved in numerous civil rights and police brutality cases throughout his 38-year career spanning from 1964 to 2002. Noted for his skill in the courtroom, he is best known for leading the so-called "Dream Team" during the murder trial of O.J. Simpson.[2]

    Cochran also represented Sean Combs, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Stanley Tookie Williams,[3]Todd Bridges,[4] football player Jim Brown, Snoop Dogg, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe,[5]1992 Los Angeles riot beating victim Reginald Oliver Denny,[2] inmate and activist Geronimo Pratt, and athlete Marion Jones when she faced doping charges during her high school track career.[6]

    Early life and education

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    Cochran was born in 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father, Johnnie Cochran Sr. (October 20, 1916 – April 29, 2018),[7] was an insurance salesman and his mother sold Avon products.[8] The family relocated to the West Coast during the second wave of the Great Migration, sett

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