Influential people who died in 2024

Published on: 12/26/2024

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FILE - O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool, File) FILE - Country music recording artist Toby Keith performs on NBC's Today show at Rockefeller Plaza on July 5, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 29, 1997, to determine whether two Memphis judges have overstepped their authority surrounding the investigation of the King assassination. (Helen Comer/The Jackson Sun via AP, Pool, File) FILE - Phil Lesh, of The Grateful Dead, performs during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis. on Aug. 3, 2002. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) FILE - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., raises his fist after finishing his speech to the Democratic National Committee in Washington, Feb. 21. 2003. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - David Soul, left, and Paul Michael Glaser, stars of the original 1970's FILE - Comedian Bob Newhart pretends to speak on an antique telephone at his home in the Bel Air Estates community of Los Angeles, June 25, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa, File) FILE - Actor Ian Lavender poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of the film 'Dad's Army' at a central London cinema, Jan. 26, 2016. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Former Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa conducts the orchestra during a rehearsal of Berlioz's FILE - Melanie Safka, who performed at the original Woodstock decades ago, opens the second day of the festival FILE - Longtime democratic activist David Mixner, left, introduces President Clinton for a speech to the Access Now for Gay and Lesbian Equality (ANGLE) dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Oct. 2, 1999, in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Khue Bui, File) FILE - Actress Sandra Milo poses on the red carpet of the movie FILE - In this June 2, 2006, file photo, Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File) FILE - James Earl Jones arrives at the Tony Awards on June 12, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Comedian Richard Lewis attends an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Dec. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File) FILE - Phil Donahue attends the 2019 American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Carl Weathers attends the LA premiere of FILE - Glynis Johns is pictured in her New York dressing room on Jan, 12, 1973. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File) FILE - Morgan Spurlock appears at the premiere of his film FILE - Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose tips his hat to fans during an alumni day, Aug. 7, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - Former Masters champ Jack Burke tees off during a practice rounds at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 11, 1974. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File) FILE - Actor Donald Sutherland appears at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2017. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) FILE - The Spinners member Henry Fambrough speaks at the Motown Museum, May 19, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) FILE - The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) FILE — As rescue efforts continue in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President George W. Bush, left, stands with New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of the devastation, Sept. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File) FILE - Louis Gossett Jr. poses for a portrait in New York to promote the release of FILE - Actor Dabney Coleman poses at his home in Brentwood, Calif., Sept. 8, 1991. (AP Photo/Julie Markes, File) FILE - Kris Kristofferson performs in concert at The American Music Theatre, April 12, 2019, in Lancaster, Pa. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Iris Apfel appears the 22nd annual ACE Awards in New York on June 11, 2018. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 10, 2018, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson‘s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in America and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to turn away from.

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