Ronald Goldman
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Ron Goldman in the early 1990s
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| Born |
Ronald Lyle Goldman July 2, 1968 Cook County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1994 (aged 25) Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stabbing |
| Resting place | Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park Westlake Village, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Ronald Goldman |
| Education | Adlai E. Stevenson High School |
| Alma mater |
Illinois State University Los Angeles Pierce College |
| Occupation | Waiter |
| Home town | Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S. |
| Parent(s) | Fred Goldman Sharon Rufo |
Ronald "Ron" Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was a restaurant waiter and a friend of Nicole Brown Simpson; they both were murdered in 1994 at her Brentwood, Los Angeles home. Nicole's ex-husband, O. J. Simpson, was acquitted of the murders but was later found liable for the deaths in a civil trial.
Goldman was born on July 2, 1968. He grew up in the community of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, near Chicago. His parents divorced in 1974 when he was six and, after spending a brief time in the custody of his mother, Sharon Rufo, he was raised by his father, Fred Goldman, and lived with him and his younger sister, Kim Goldman.
Goldman grew up Jewish. He attended high school at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He was a student at Illinois State University for one semester (where he planned to major in psychology) and a pledge to Sigma Nu fraternity before he followed his family to southern California at age 18.
When younger, Goldman had worked as a camp counselor and had volunteered to help disabled children.
While living in Los Angeles, Goldman took some classes at Pierce College. He learned to surf and enjoyed playing beach volleyball, rollerblading, nightclubbing, and working out at a trendy gym. He adhered to a low-fat diet.
Upon arriving in California (where he lived independently from his family), Goldman first supported himself by working as an employment headhunter and tennis instructor, and then worked a string of waiter jobs. He also occasionally did work as a model for Barry Zeldes, owner of Z90049 (the store next to the California Pizza Kitchen in Brentwood Gardens, where he had worked before Mezzaluna). Not long before his death, he had earned an Emergency Medical Technician's license but decided not to pursue that career.
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