Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the OJ Simpson trial, has died. He was 74 years old. 

TMZ reported that Fuhrman died a year after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of throat cancer.  

Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

The slayings and Simpson’s trial exposed divisions on race and policing in America.

Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias.

Attorney F Lee Bailey cross-examined Fuhrman in an attempt to portray him as a racist whose goal was to frame Simpson.

Fuhrman denied using racial epithets, but the defense later turned up recordings of Fuhrman making racist slurs.

That brief recording heard by the jury was taken from 13 hours of interviews between Fuhrman and screenwriter Laura McKinny recorded between 1985 and 1994, with the last tape being made a month after Simpson was charged in his wife’s murder.

Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the OJ Simpson trial, has died. He was 74 years old

Simpson (pictured center) was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case, and then served nine years in prison on unrelated charges. He died in Las Vegas of prostate cancer in April 2024 at the age of 76

Even though Fuhrman remained cool under pressure, and some legal experts called the confrontation a draw, Bailey, recalling the exchange months later, said, ‘That was the day Fuhrman dug his own grave.’ 

Fuhrman retired from the LAPD after Simpson´s 1995 acquittal. 

The former detective was charged with perjury and pleaded no contest in 1996. He went on to become a TV and radio commentator and wrote the book ‘Murder in Brentwood’ about the killings. 

Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case, and then served nine years in prison on unrelated charges. 

He died in Las Vegas of prostate cancer in April 2024 at the age of 76.

In 2024, Fuhrman was barred from law enforcement under a California police reform law meant to strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias. 

Fuhrman had been hospitalized for a week prior to his death due to his cancer, TMZ reported. 

While he had gone through some treatment, he eventually chose to stop. No funeral will be held.  

Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles 

Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias 

This is a developing story.