Mark Fuhrman Dead at 74 — OJ Simpson Trial Detective Dies

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]The detective who [music] lied on the stand during the O.J. Simpson trial is dead. Mark Fuhrman, former LAPD [music] detective and one of the most controversial figures in the O.J.

[00:00:12]Simpson murder case, died May 12th in Kootenai County, Idaho. He died from an aggressive [music] form of throat cancer. Fuhrman was one of the first detectives on the scene in the 1994 [music] murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. He found a bloody [music] glove at O.J.'s estate, but his credibility collapsed when recordings surfaced of him repeatedly using racial slurs, directly contradicting his sworn testimony. He was charged with [music] perjury and pleaded non-contest in 1996.

[00:00:45]After leaving the force, he became a TV and radio commentator and a New York Times best-selling author.