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Ron Goldman

ロン・ゴールドマン　/　ろん・ごーるどまん

American waiter

July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994　・　Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States

Illinois
waiter

My Take

Goldman is someone I think about with real tenderness. Born in 1968 in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, he was a restaurant waiter and aspiring actor who volunteered with children who had cerebral palsy, the picture of a kind young man with his whole life ahead. History remembers him through the name of a notorious 1994 tragedy, but I would rather hold onto the person first. What stays with me is the ordinary decency of his choices, the volunteering, the hustle of model and tennis instructor work, a life cut off mid-dream. I want to mourn him as a human being, not merely as a footnote to a famous case.

Overview

Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and aspiring actor. A volunteer working with children with cerebral palsy, Goldman appeared as a contestant on the short-lived game show Studs in early 1992. Goldman lived independently from his family and supported himself as an employment headhunter, tennis instructor, and waiter, and worked occasionally as a model.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ron Goldman
Name (Japanese): ロン・ゴールドマン
Reading: ろん・ごーるどまん
Born: July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: waiter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Stevenson High School
University: Illinois State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Goldman

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