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...love-him-or-hate-him hero led every newscast Sunday night and fronted every newspaper in America on Monday morning. Throughout the week, cable news channels brought us the daily press conferences, tearful interviews with mourning fans, and a memorial service befitting a folk hero. Sunday's race in Rockingham, N.C., not far from Dale Sr.'s hometown, will be a wailing wall. But Dale Jr. will be out there, in one of his father's cars, because Dale Sr. would have wanted it that way. The race will...
...Brentwood, Calif., mansion at 360 N. Rockingham Ave., where O.J. Simpson lived when his ex-wife was slain two miles away, was bulldozed on Wednesday in order to make way for a new owner's home. As the dust clouds swelled and neighbors applauded, Simpson shrugged off the moment, saying: "It's not my house, and I could care less." Simpson, who had lived there for 20 years, said he was notified the demolition was scheduled to take place, but he was unmoved by the destruction. "It's part of my past," Simpson told the Associated Press in a telephone...
BRENTWOOD, California: SOLD: O.J. Simpson's 6,200-sqr. ft. estate on Rockingham road, for $2.63 million, to the bank that had foreclosed on it. Hawthorne Savings will probably resell the home for a profit. Area real estate experts said the bank made out like a bandit, since the selling price was at least half a million dollars below market value. The estate featured great light, lots of closets, a guest house, and an enormous yard -- perfect for practicing your chip shots...
...both families were to receive the judge's ruling by fax, Simpson had a few people over to his Rockingham residence. Waiting with him were television reporter Star Jones of Inside Edition, CNN legal commentator Greta Van Susteren and Linda Deutsch of the Associated Press--and a lawyer and friend, Leo Terrell. When the news came that Simpson had won custody of daughter Sydney and son Justin, Simpson was ecstatic. Said Terrell: "This is the case that he really cared about. As long as he has his children...
...Rockingham became the central meeting place for the Simpson defense team. To save money on hotels, Dan Leonard, an associate of F. Lee Bailey, and Robert Blasier, the only holdover from Simpson's criminal defense, were living at the estate. Leonard slept in Kato Kaelin's old room. Lead defense attorney Robert Baker, as well as his son and assistant Phillip, also met and worked with Simpson at Rockingham. Many of the witnesses who testified for the defense were prepared during marathon sessions at Rockingham. Robert Groden, the photo expert who testified that the first photo that appeared of Simpson...