The nation came to know the name and face of Judge Lance Ito during the 1995 murder trial of former football great O.J. Simpson.
Ito, who appeared to enjoy the heavy media attention, was a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles, where he had served in that capacity since 1989.
Since the Simpson trial, Ito has been lampooned on numerous TV shows. The black-robed, fall down funny "Dancing Itos" introduced on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno were seen by millions of delighted viewers.
Another high-profile trial in Judge Ito's courtroom had been the 1992 trial of Charles Keating Jr., which figured prominently in the savings and loan scandal. Ito's celebrity, however, came almost entirely from the Simpson trial.
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