Public attention spiked: 9,504 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,942, with 0 article edits.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #attention
- #spike
- #pageviews
Figure timeline
Robert Kardashian
Robert George Kardashian was an American attorney and businessman. Patriarch of the Kardashian family of prominent entertainers, he gained national recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
business · American attorney and businessman (1944–2003) · lawyer · entrepreneur · jurist · also Robert Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Robert G. Kardashian, Kardashian
Born 22 February 1944 · Died 30 September 2003 · Q1816737
14 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
1 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Update
- Update
2026· 1 entry
2017· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Rob Kardashian hanged himself” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Kardashian was the subject of the pilot episode of the TV comedy series Over My Dead Body on Amazon Prime
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2016· 1 entry
ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series produced a five-part miniseries called O
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2003· 2 entries
Died 2003-09-30.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
At his home in Encino, Los Angeles, at age 59, and was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2001· 1 entry
Kardashian married his third wife, Ellen Pierson (née Markowitz), six weeks prior to his death
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1998· 1 entry
Kardashian married Jan Ashley; however, the marriage ended in annulment in 1999
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1994· 1 entry
Kardashian read a letter by Simpson to the assembled media
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1991· 1 entry
Kardashian became engaged to Denice Shakarian Halicki, his third cousin and the widow of movie producer H
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1990· 1 entry
Kardashian filed for divorce in 1990 due to his wife's infidelity.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
1973· 1 entry
Kardashian was one of the co-founders of the trade publication Radio & Records, which he and his partners sold for a large profit in 1979
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1944· 2 entries
Born 1944-02-22.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth
In Los Angeles, California, one of three children born to Arthur Kardashian and Helen Jean Arakelian Kardashian, both Armenian Americans
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event