Longtime AP bureau chief Andy Lippman, who led coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial, dies at 78

Obit Andy Lippman - (Family Handout via AP)

Andy Lippman, the Los Angeles bureau chief during the O.J. Simpson trial and the L.A. riots during a 39-year career with The Associated Press, has died at age 78.

Lippman died at his home in Tucson on July 25, according to his brother, Glenn. He died from multiple system atrophy, a rare brain disease.