Re: OJ Simpson talks about Micheal Jackson
OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson attend lawyer's funeral
April 6, 2005 - Los Angeles, California
1. Wide shot exterior of West Angeles cathedral, location for Johnnie Cochran's funeral
2. Mid shot of church sign
3. Mid shot former American football player O.J. Simpson speaking to reporters
4. Close up photographer.
5. Close up Simpson and attorney F. Lee Bailey
6. Close up photographer
7. Close up Simpson
8. Wide shot media outside church
9. Singer
Michael Jackson and his attorney Thomas Mesereau (white hair) arriving
10. Close up
Michael Jackson
11. Close up photographer
12. Close up Mesereau and
Michael Jackson
13. Reverend Jesse Jackson speaking to reporters
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reverend Jesse Jackson, Friend of Johnnie Cochran
"Well, Johnnie Cochran was great before he was famous, great in a sense of service rendering. We love Johnnie Cochran. Many people know he became famous during the O.J. trial, but Johnnie used to try many cases of people who could not afford a lawyer, but who had been wronged."
15. Singer Stevie Wonder arriving
16. Music producer Sean "P Diddy" Combs arriving
17. Cross atop church
18. Wide shot people arriving
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April 6, 2005 - Los Angeles, California
19. Various of funeral inside church
FILE: October 3, 1995 - Los Angeles, California
20. Cochran and Simpson in court, as 'not guilty' verdict is read
O.J. & JACKSON TO ATTEND COCHRAN'S FUNERAL
Mourners including O.J. Simpson and
Michael Jackson gathered in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the funeral of well-known American lawyer Johnnie Cochran (Junior).
The lawyer's service at West Angeles Cathedral was to include remarks from the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton.
Talking to the press before the service, the Reverend Jackson called Cochran "a great man".
Cochran had worked with Jackson on a lawsuit in the 1990s.
American singer
Michael Jackson, whose current molestation trial is in recess, walked slowly into the church with his entourage, including his attorney Thomas Mesereau.
O.J. Simpson, the former American football player who was defended by Cochran in his 1994-95 murder trial, also arrived.
Five-thousand people attended the funeral, bearing witness to Cochran's work on high-profile civil rights cases and celebrity trials.
Among those planning to attend was Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Black Panther freed in 1997 after spending 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Cochran was his lawyer in the case and had called the outcome the happiest experience of his career.
Cochran was 67 when he died on March 29 of an inoperable brain tumour at his home in Los Angeles.
He was diagnosed with the tumour in December 2003.
Attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, who worked with Cochran as part of Simpson's legal "dream team," were to speak at the funeral.
Former Cochran client Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant who was tortured by New York police, was also to speak, along with music producer Sean "P Diddy" Combs.
In his career, Cochran also represented other American celebrities such as football great Jim Brown, actor Todd Bridges and hip hop artists Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
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