Famed criminal attorney F. Lee Bailey, who represented OJ Simpson, dead at age 87: reports

High-profile criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, who famously represented O.J. Simpson in his 1995 trial, has died, the former NFL star announced on Twitter Thursday. 

Bailey served as one of Simpson’s attorneys during the former running back’s 1995 trial, which ended in his acquittal in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.  Famed trial lawyer F. Lee Bailey poses in his office in Yarmouth, Maine., on June 29, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)( ) O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL IN LOS ANGELES (Photo by Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)( ) O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL IN LOS ANGELES (Photo by Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)(Getty Images) Defense attourneys F Lee Bailey and Johnnie Cochran confer with Assistant District Attorney Marcia Clark during the OJ Simpson murder trial, Los Angeles, California, July 5, 1995. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)(Getty Images) In a touching tribute on his Twitter page, Simpson called Bailey, "a great friend," and "one of the great lawyers of our time."