Nicole Brown Simpson

Restaurant employee and murder victim

Nicole Brown Simpson - Restaurant employee and murder victim
Born

1968
57 years ago

Died

June 12th, 1994
30 years ago — 26 years old

Category

Activists & Humanitarians

Country

United States

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Born in 1959, worked in various restaurants and was previously married to NFL player O. J. Simpson. Resided in Los Angeles, where she became a significant figure in a high-profile criminal case. Brown Simpson was found murdered in 1994, and the case garnered extensive media attention and public interest, leading to one of the most publicized trials in American history.

Murdered in June 1994

Ex-wife of O. J. Simpson

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