Mark Fuhrman, central figure in O.J. Simpson trial, dead at 74

Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective whose career became a cautionary tale about the fragility of credibility, died at 74 after a battle with throat cancer. He rose to national prominence in 1995 as the officer who discovered a bloody glove at O.J. Simpson's estate — evidence that seemed decisive until recordings of his own words dismantled the prosecution's case and his standing within it. Convicted of perjury in 1996, he became the only figure from that trial to face criminal consequence, a distinction that shadowed his reinvention as a true crime author and radio voice. His life and legacy rema