O.J. Simpson Detective Mark Fuhrman Dead at 74 After Battle With 'Aggressive Throat Cancer' — Decades After 'N-Word Scandal' Helped Shamed NFL Star Walk Free
Mark Fuhrman, one of the biggest names at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.
May 18 2026, Published 5:32 p.m. ET
Mark Fuhrman, the former LAPD detective who first discovered the bloody glove in the O.J. Simpson murder case, has died, RadarOnline.com can report.
The key piece of evidence did not fit the accused killer, and defense attorneys went to town calling the cop a racist, likely helping a jury eventually acquit the NFL star of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
Fuhrman was 74 years old.
A close friend told TMZ Fuhrman died from an aggressive form of cancer at age 74.
He had been living in Idaho, after retiring from the LAPD in 1995, to write true crime books and become an analyst for Fox News.
In 1995, Fuhrman was called to testify in the "trial of the century" regarding his discovery of evidence in the Simpson case, including a bloody glove recovered at Simpson's estate.
During the trial, witnesses claimed that throughout the 1980s, Fuhrman frequently described African Americans with a racist epithet, claims he denied.
In response, Simpson's defense team produced recorded interviews with Fuhrman, and witnesses proved that he had repeatedly used racist language during those interviews.
As a result, the defense claimed that Fuhrman had committed perjury and was not a credible witness. The credibility of the prosecution has been cited as one reason Simpson was acquitted.
More to come... This is a developing story.
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