It gives you an opportunity to do interesting things. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! It's how to best treat it and how to help them. If you need to flag this entry as abusive. He's Australia's -- the head of the Interphone arm that is incorporating Australian research. Two hundred and fifty-five million users want to know, what are the risks? "I read everything I could find about Thurgood Marshall and confirmed that a single dedicated man could use the law to change society.". This was the Motorola flip phone. The trial of the century, as it was dubbed, began in January 1995 and was among the most publicized in history, followed by millions around the world. The family moved to California in 1943, where the younger Cochran eventually excelled as a student in what was becoming a more racially integrated environment. "I didn't know too much about what a lawyer did or how he worked, but I knew that if one man could cause this great stir, then the law must be a wondrous thing," Cochran said in his book. KING: Is that considered high? fame, said that this case, the case of Geronimo ji-Jaga, was the most important of his life, and the happiest day was the day that he was released. In the early 1970s, Cochran also went to court in defense of Geronimo Pratt, a former Black Panther accused of murder. He used cell phones quite a lot. They got smaller, as you can see. But there's no reason to worry because so far, the studies haven't proven anything. Did he die at home? KING: Johnnie Cochran probably was one of the best known attorneys in the United States. "Certainly, Johnnie's career will be noted as one marked by celebrity cases and clientele," the family said in a statement. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JOHNNIE COCHRAN, ATTORNEY: It makes no sense. Their conclusion: we just don't know. They certainly cause car accidents. Cochran died in 2005 a decade before the upheavals that made police brutality and the unfair treatment of African American men by the justice system impossible to ignore. We don't know that that will necessarily be a safe practice. Another neurosurgeon joins us. First, Dr. Schwartz, we don't even know how we think. GUPTA: It's a trip down memory lane, if you will. People that work in plastic factories -- as Dale said, I think one of the things that we're very excited about is not only trying to identify potential causes that we can eliminate, but also trying to find effective treatments and cures at the Johnny Cochran Brain Tumor Center. All you have to do to be a regular user is use a cell phone for once a week for six months or more. Third, we know that the studies that have been done on brain cancer, and I'm going to distinguish brain cancer from acoustic neuroma, have largely been reassuring. GUPTA: Keep it away from your body. KING: So do Dale and Dr. Black think there's a link between cell phones and Johnnie Cochran's brain tumor? Yet. And, you know, even if you look at the manuals and things like that, they'll tell you that there is a, as Dr. Black said, the further away you put the phone from your ear, you know, the much safer it is. In the March 8 episode "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," it was revealed that Johnnie Cochran's ex-wife, Barbara Jean Berry, had accused him of domestic violence, a claim which he denied. Cell Phones and the Death of Johnnie Cochran Johnnie Cochran's widow, Dale, and his neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Black discuss how cell phones may have led to his I can think back at least five years ago when Dr. Black wore an ear piece back then. KING: We're obviously going to devote more time to this. Johnnie Cochran turned out to be right, famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz, a member of the Simpson defense team, said in 2005. KING: What do you read, Dr. Gupta. But there have been other studies to show no correlation. That's what people should do. We know that brain tumors are the number one cancer killer among children in the United States and the second most common form of cancer in kids. GUPTA: Well, let me give you a picture here, Larry, to sort of show you this. KING: Dr. Khurana, by the way, do you use a cell phone? We'll have a quick vote. And I really want to focus on a couple of issues, which is that, you know, when a patient comes into your office with a brain tumor, and they are very scared; they are afraid as to what caused this brain tumor, it's very important to focus a patient's attention and to focus the nation's attention not on this potentially very remote cause of brain tumors, but on trying to think about new treatment options and trying to get the nation to focus on how can we treat brain tumors, rather than this very remote cause of brain tumors. In 1959, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and later attended Loyola Marymount University Law School, graduating in 1962. All rights reserved. Even as a child, he had loved to argue, and in high school he excelled in debate. We don't know about mechanisms. They went down in this non- ionizing radio frequency as well, which was a good thing, I think, by everyone's admission. Until the research has been done, it would be presumptuous to make a judgment call. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: Welcome back to LARRY KING LIVE. So that -- you know, that option wasn't one of the weapons that we could use to fight the tumor. It's responsibility for both his ability to comprehend and understand language, as well as memory. Then they came with this handle. A parody of Johnnie Cochran, he appears in the series' seventh through ninth seasons as Cosmo Kramer 's lawyer. Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. was born on October 2, 1937, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Hattie and Johnnie L. Cochran Sr. KING: They come with the phone. KING: Dr. Khurana, how would you respond? You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. KING: Is that memory loss a major cause of concern, Dr. Black? Studies from northern Europe, from Israel especially, from France, from Germany, all point to a risk of, you know, cell phone links to brain tumors and to neuromas and grand tumors. BLACK: We did a biopsy, yes. ", The flamboyant Cochran enjoyed that parody so much he even quoted it in his autobiography, "A Lawyer's Life. ob. There's no known mechanism, but not necessarily no mechanism. And this is not implying that every brain tumor is the result of this. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. Cochran is survived by his second wife, Dale Mason; his son, Jonathan Cochran, from a prior relationship; his daughters Tiffany Cochran Edwards and Melodie Cochran, from his first marriage; and sisters Pearl Baker and Martha Jean Sherrard. It's not uncommon in science to have conflicting articles. It was an historic moment because O.J. Simpson as a not guilty verdict is read in a Los Angeles courtroom in this file photo taken Oct. 3, 1995. The player's body was exhumed, an autopsy performed and it revealed Settles had been choked. They saw an abnormality within the brain. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. We need have an open mind. KING: Sanjay, what does the manual say? KING: That's Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Best Known For: Attorney Johnnie Cochran took on highly publicized police brutality cases and defended such celebrity clients as Michael Jackson and O. J. Simpson. And I think particularly among young people who are logging, you know, thousands of hours KING: Teenagers? I mean who uses a cell phone that little nowadays? It sort of drops off in terms of the amount of radiation you're exposed to. We want to do everything we can to find out if there is a link. BLACK: Headaches. In 1966, a Black motorist named Leonard Deadwyler, while attempting to get his pregnant wife to a hospital, was killed by police officer Jerold Bova. 12, 2005. But, Larry, we also know there are other environmental causes that have been related to brain tumors as well. WebIn a very very very best case scenario, like im talking Johnny Cochrin type lawyer and odee lack of evidence and a super soft hearted judge, the minimum sentence kay can get is 15 years from the judge if he considers all these mitigating When that relationship soured, his mistress, Patricia Sikora, sued him for palimony and the case was settled privately in 2004. While we're waiting ten years to find out whether radiating RFs into the head (or the area adjacent to the genitals) is good or bad, should we suffer the inconvenience of minimizing cell phone use? I'd certainly agree with that. KING: People at CNN who saw a lot of him said he was on that phone a lot. Is that true? BLACK: No, no Larry, I'm not. Brad has a phone in his pocket of his pants. It gives me an opportunity if I want to go into politics. You know, one of the most common presenting symptoms in an adult is new onset seizure, as well as headaches. Yes, Johnnie Cochran, of O.J. GUPTA: Yes, I do. KING: And how far has the -- SLESIN: What we're missing is the understanding of how this could possibly work. So, you know, I think the safe practice is to use an earpiece so that you keep the microwave antenna away from your head. KING: One type of tumor often mentioned in the discussion of potential risk of cell phones is acoustic neuroma. KING: But later you did use surgery, right? And congratulations to Jeff in Freemont, Nebraska. One is that, you know, where there is smoke, there's fire, that's the old adage, right? BLACK: Any symptom related to memory, speech, vision, movement. So, you know, tumors that are closer to that area may be more likely. Re bushing Shuman machine co. We know from laboratory animals, for example, that, you know, the most effective way of inducing a tumor is to induce it in a young developing embryo, in a young developing animal. In some of these European studies, almost a four times increased likelihood of developing tumors like this one in people who are chronic cell phone users. By the time Simpson called, the byword in the black community for defendants facing serious charges was: "Get Johnnie. GUPTA: Ionizing is like the x-rays and things like that. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. This is animation of the brain, sort of looking at it from the behind, as you can see there. WebOne notorious case The Cochran Firm tried was in 2004, when the firm's attorneys, representing Francis Ferko and accomplices, were able to bully NASCAR into eliminating its Grand Slam by forcing NASCAR to surrender the Mountain Dew Southern 500 in Darlington, SC, and giving a new date to Texas Motor Speedway. Anthony Mackie and Johnnie Cochran. I would not want to be a heavy user of a mobile phone. You can see it here. And there are 16 really good studies out there, a few since 2000. BLACK: We were actually, Larry, close friends. Dale Cochran will be joining us later on. He spent two years in the Los Angeles city attorney's office before establishing his own practice. Cochran, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in December 2003, died Tuesday at his home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. If you heard any specific references to brand names of cell phones tonight, they are just representatives of cell phones in general, and not indicative that any brand would be more likely to cause health problems. His clients also included Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, who was tortured by New York police, and Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old black woman shot to death by Riverside police who said she reached for a gun on her lap when they broke her car window in an effort to disarm her. One of the most memorable moments of the televised trial came from Cochran, who instructed the jury in closing arguments: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.". KING: He's still living? Cochran, who died in 2005, also is a central character on the FX series American Crime Story: The People Vs. O.J. He meant everything to me. During the early 1980s, he oversaw a settlement for the family of African American football player Ron Settles, who died in a police cell under questionable circumstances. DALE COCHRAN, JOHNNIE COCHRAN'S WIDOW: Initially, there was a loss of memory. Before doing that, I do agree with you. A brain tumor killed the famed attorney and father of three at the age of 67. And, actually, before he developed the tumor that was ultimately more aggressive, I was treating Johnnie for a more benign tumor a few years before. How profound it is, is a little bit harder to say. WebWhen evidence led police to suspect O.J. So surgery, at least to try to remove all of the tumor that we could see on the MRI scan, was not one of the initial treatment options. D. COCHRAN: He's still living. Cochran died in Los Angeles March 29, 2005 after a long illness. Now that we're back, I can't help but wonder, if the most important thing is finding treatments, then where was the outcry when the FDA tried to close down a Texas doctor who was successfully treating the disease? I keep coming back to it. You sort of look at that scan and you see a specific tumor and sort of within the brain. I initially thought it might be an infection. That's ahead on LARRY KING LIVE. If we have that, I'll show you that. After Simpson, Cochran stepped out of the criminal trial arena, concentrating instead on civil matters. Dr. Gupta is our chief CNN medical correspondent, himself is a practicing neurosurgeon. D. COCHRAN: I think perhaps there could be. Cochran thus made controversial closing statements in which he compared the detectives philosophy to that of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. So it's possible for a cell to get an injury and then migrate to a different location within the brain, as well. D. COCHRAN: We knew it was serious, but we thought it was treatable and that, you know, we should work our way out of it. Tory v. Cochran (search) involves a bitter ex-client who was ordered to never display a sign or speak about Cochran again. Some studies found a problem, while others did not. DR. KEITH BLACK, NEUROSURGEON, CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, JOHNNIE COCHRAN'S PHYSICIAN: Larry, memory loss can be a cause of concern. I would like to point you to the long-term data that's coming out of the Interphone studies. After returning to private practice, Cochran built his firm into a personal injury giant with more than 100 lawyers and offices around the country. WebPortrayed by. called in during that show. And I think that there's enough sort of concern out there to at least prompt people to think more about how they use their cell phones, using earpieces, keeping it further away from the ear and things like that. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. ", In "Lethal Weapon 4," comedian Chris Rock plays a policeman who advises a criminal suspect he has a right to an attorney, then warns him: "If you get Johnnie Cochran, I'll kill you. Part of HuffPost Wellness. While Cochran seemed to revel in his fame, he often emphasized justice for the less well known. D. COCHRAN: Yes, I think people are concerned. It's a form of energy. I knew that he had a very serious malignant tumor, but I didn't look at it in terms of being terminal. Simpson, meanwhile, was held liable for the killings following a 1997 civil trial and ordered to pay the Brown and Goldman families $33.5 million in restitution. GUPTA: They say, use it. It used to come in a bag. KING: In the brain? What is that? "But he and his family were most proud of the work he did on behalf of those in the community.". I am proud to have called him my friend.". Cochran, who died in 2005, also is a central character on the FX series American Crime Story: The People Vs. O.J. A brain tumor killed the famed attorney and father of three at the age of 67. Also, these brain cells -- cancer cells can migrate. 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