Ron Goldman American waiter Date of Birth: 02.07.1968 Country: USA

Biography of Ron Goldman

Ronald Lyle "Ron" Goldman was born on July 2, 1968, in Cook County, Illinois, and grew up in Buffalo Grove. His father was Fred Goldman and his mother was Sharon Rufo. Ron attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois and spent one semester at Illinois State University before moving with his family to California.

Living in Los Angeles, Goldman studied at Pierce College and worked as a waiter and tennis instructor. Before working at the Mezzaluna restaurant, Ronald assisted individuals with cerebral palsy. In 1992, he participated in the game show "Studs" and dreamed of opening his own bar and restaurant called "ANKH," inspired by Egyptian religious symbolism. At the time of his murder, Ron was working as a waiter at a restaurant on San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Nicole Brown Simpson, Goldman's friend, called him to inform that her mother, Juditha Brown, had accidentally left her glasses on a table. Ronald found the glasses in a ditch outside the restaurant and agreed to bring them to Simpson after work. Some authors, including Gerry Spence and Mark Fuhrman, speculated that Ron and Nicole were lovers based solely on this interaction. However, Goldman maintained that he and Simpson were just friends.

Before delivering the glasses, Ronald stopped at his apartment on Gorham Avenue in Brentwood to change clothes and possibly take a shower. Upon arriving at Nicole's residence on South Bundy Drive, the 25-year-old waiter was killed on the pathway leading to the house, just a few weeks before his birthday. The police believed that the second victim arrived at the scene during or shortly after Simpson's murder and was subsequently killed. Nicole Brown Simpson's head was severed from her body with a German-made knife, and her face was horribly disfigured. Meanwhile, Ron Goldman sustained multiple fatal wounds with the same weapon, in his neck, abdomen, and chest.

O.J. Simpson was charged with the double murder but was acquitted in both cases in October 1995. In 1997, a civil jury found Simpson "liable for the wrongful death" and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the Goldman family. The rights to O.J. Simpson's book, "If I Did It," where he hypothetically described the murder of his wife and Goldman, were given to the Goldman family in 2007. The family received income from book sales as part of the awarded $33.5 million for over a decade. In September 2007, the book was renamed "I Did It: Confessions of the Killer" and became a bestseller.

The Goldman family donated a portion of the book's proceeds to the Ron Goldman Justice Fund, which supports victims of violent crimes.