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Former President Trump’s name made an unexpected appearance in an O.J. Simpson obituary on Thursday.
The Los Angeles Times reported on the death of the 76-year-old former NFL running back earlier in the morning, detailing his prolific sports career as well as his infamous 1994 double murder trial.
However, at one point further down the obituary, the article originally referred to "Trump" being released from prison instead of Simpson.
"Long before the city woke up on a fall morning in 2017, Trump walked out of Lovelock Correctional Center outside Reno, a free man for the first time in nine years," the obituary read. "He didn’t go far, moving into a 5,000-square-foot home in Las Vegas with a Bentley in the driveway."
The Los Angeles Times mistakenly used Trump's name in place of O.J. Simpson's name in its obituary for the former NFL star. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images/Photo by Julie Jacobson-Pool/Getty Images)
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The line was later corrected with an editor’s note acknowledging the mistake.
"An earlier version of this obituary incorrectly contained a typographical error that used the wrong name when describing Simpson leaving Lovelock Correctional Center. The error has been corrected," the note read.
Fox News Digital reached out to the L.A. Times for a comment.
The mistake quickly went viral with several people calling out The Times' obit mistake as purposeful or subconscious wishful thinking.
"Someone needs to talk to their shrink," Grabien founder Tom Elliott remarked.
Someone needs to talk to their shrink https://t.co/twKDFrywRF
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 11, 2024
Even liberal NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss posted, "Freud lives"
GOP Rapid Research Director Jake Schneider commented, "And I bet they still won’t understand why trust in media is at an all-time low."
"Unbelievable. The LA Times is out of control," conservative communicator Steve Guest said.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote, "I mean... there's no shot this wasn't intentional."
I mean... there's no shot this wasn't intentional. https://t.co/PepfeIMIht
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) April 11, 2024
O.J. Simpson holds up his hands before the jury on June 21, 1995, after putting on a new pair of gloves similar to the infamous bloody gloves during his double-murder trial in Los Angeles. Vince Bucci/Pool Photo via AP, File) (Vince Bucci/Pool/AP)
Simpson’s family announced that on Wednesday he had succumbed to his ongoing cancer battle surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Simpson was infamously found not guilty in his criminal trial for the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.
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He was subsequently sued for wrongful death by the Goldman and Brown families in civil court and found to be responsible for the deaths.
O.J. Simpson was reported dead at age 76 on Thursday. (Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)
He was convicted of armed robbery in 2008 and sentenced to 33 years in prison, with a minimum of nine years before he was eligible for parole. Nine years later, Simpson was released from prison in October 2017.
Fox News' Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to
