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Samples of Linda Deutsch’s Reporting on 50 Years of Sensational Trials

Covering some of America’s most sensational trials, she produced urgent, pithy “ledes” in the best tradition of wire-service reporting. Here’s a sampler.

By Trip Gabriel

Book Trade and Publishing Books and Literature Ghostwriting Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides Regan, Judith Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, O J

O.J. Simpson’s Book Publisher on the Interview When He ‘Confessed’ to Murder

Years after Mr. Simpson was acquitted, he wrote a book and gave a shocking interview. The whole endeavor cost the publisher, Judith Regan, her job.

By Jacob Bernstein

Advertising and Marketing Deaths (Obituaries) Hertz Global Holdings Inc Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides Olson, Frank (1932-2024) Simpson, O J

Frank Olson, Executive Who Linked O.J. Simpson With Hertz, Dies at 91

He negotiated Mr. Simpson’s star turn in commercials, tapping into his football fame, and formed a social bond with him — until there were murder charges. They died on the same day.

By Trip Gabriel

Comedy and Humor Late Show With David Letterman (TV Program) Leno, Jay Letterman, David Macdonald, Norm Rock, Chris Simpson, O J Television The Tonight Show (TV Program)

How the O.J. Simpson Trial Changed What Comics Could Roast

Norm Macdonald and Jay Leno made the double homicides such a constant topic that refraining from jokes the way David Letterman did was noticeable.

By Jason Zinoman