KEY POINTS
- Ron Goldman, 25, was a waiter from Illinois who befriended Nicole Brown Simpson in Los Angeles.
- He was killed with Brown Simpson outside her Brentwood home in June 1994, reportedly trying to intervene.
- In November 2025, Simpson's estate accepts $58m wrongful death claim from Goldman's father.
Ronald Lyle Goldman was born on 2 July 1968 in Chicago and raised in nearby Buffalo Grove, Illinois, by his father Fred after his parents divorced when he was six. He grew up with his younger sister Kim and was remembered at school as a kind, sporty teenager who played tennis and soccer and was popular with classmates.
