Lee Simpson, European IT analyst at Jefferies International, says that Elop as an executive was already hot stuff at Microsoft, even being seen as a future CEO at the firm.

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She happened to have been at a book signing at the largest black bookstore in L.A. when the now-dead person - who wasn't then - James Simpson Lee Hastings Jr.

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Lee Bailey, who helped successfully defend Simpson against charges he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.

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