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IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death	posted on 07-07-2001 @ 11:34 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00	Anyone remember the SNL skit where Norm McDonald was the lawyer for OJ and the British nanny and all his clients came over and messed up his life... Attorney Barry Levin Found Dead The Associated Press Jul 7 2001 11:05PM LOS ANGELES (AP) - Criminal attorney Barry Levin, who helped handle Erik Menendez's murder defense and more recently represented actor Robert Blake, apparently committed suicide by shooting himself in the head Saturday at a veterans cemetery. Levin was believed to have learned recently he suffered from an incurable disease, said FBI spokesman Matthew McLaughlin. KFWB-AM reported that the attorney and decorated Vietnam veteran had cancer. Levin was found slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle about 2 p.m., McLaughlin said. The FBI was investigating because the death occurred at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, which is federal property. The radio station said Levin talked to some people at the cemetery Saturday before going off alone and shooting himself. The attorney was middle-aged; his exact age was not immediately available. Levin, a former city police officer, was one of the best-known attorneys in Los Angeles. Levin was a co-counsel for Menendez, who was sentenced to life without parole in 1996 with brother Lyle for killing their parents. Attorney Leslie Abramson, who was Levin's co-counsel on the Menendez case, described Levin as ``all heart for his clients.'' ``He had a tremendous understanding for people, especially veterans. He was a great guy with a fair amount of tragedy in his own life. He's been a colleague and a friend for many years, and a wonderful lawyer. He was always my hero.'' Levin recently represented Blake, star of the ``Baretta'' TV series, whose wife's recent murder is unsolved. He was also the lead defense attorney in a case stemming from alleged corruption in the city's police department. He represented Sgt. Edward Ortiz who with two other officers was convicted in November of conspiracy and other charges alleging they framed alleged gang members. The convictions were overturned. In May, attorney Harland Braun brought Levin into the Blake case, saying his police experience would be valuable in monitoring the investigation. Braun said he had not known Levin was ill. ``He was always optimistic. We talked every three days. I can't believe a suicide - he was such a fighter.'' Levin served as an Army staff sergeant and paratrooper and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He wrote about post-traumatic stress disorder and defending Vietnam veterans with the disorder. The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney
FoundryMusicPaintballJoe	posted on 07-07-2001 @ 11:52 PM
Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00	Well, In Norm's sketch, he didnt die...his family did. And this guy was killed by himself. But Im just being a DICK! AIM: PaintballOpAnt19 Im A Racist Prick. I'm Gunna Find You Petrizzi..And Eat Ya.

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