Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Sylvia Dale, known legally as Sylvia Dale Mason and sometimes referred to as Sylvia Cochran, was a successful sales analyst that was married to the famous celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran. Although now retired, Dale did a lot in her field and remained a treasured companion to the late lawyer for many years.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Sylvia Dale was born in 1952. She met her late husband, Johnnie Cochran, in 1981 at an airport where Cochran was leading a conference.
Marriage : Life as Johnny Cochran Wife
- Dale was 13 years younger than Cochran, but the age gap never bothered her. She was his second wife after Johnnie’s first marriage to Barbara Berry Cochran.
- Barbara had once accused Cochran of physically abusing her, but he vehemently denied it, and Dale had always insisted that he was never violent toward her.
- Unlike his first wife, Dale was self-sufficient when she met Cochran & had a fulfilling career that she loved. This attracted Cochran, with friends and family both supporting the relationship because they knew it was not based on Johnny’s money or net worth.
- She remained by his side until his death and never remarried.
Who was Johnny Cochran ?
- Born in 1937, Cochran grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- He passed the bar and became a lawyer in 1963. However, he truly got his fame after defending O.J. Simpson, a professional athlete accused of murdering his wife and her friend. Cochran got him acquitted of all charges & became a successful celebrity attorney.
- Over the span of his glorious career, Cochran also represented Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, and Snoop Dogg, among others.
- In the early 2000s, he began to feel ill, and in 2005, he died of a cancerous brain tumor.
Profession and Career : Sales Analyst
- After obtaining her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees, Sylvia Dale began her professional career in marketing.
- She became a research analyst for large corporations and would use her education and skills to find marketing trends and decide what kinds of promotions would most likely be the most successful when released to the public.
- By the 1980s, Dale had already worked her way into high positions in the corporate world. She was working with companies such as Mattel, famous for its revolutionary toy brand ‘Barbie’; and also big automotive companies like Nissan and Toyota.
- Foreign brands, in particular, would use Sylvia’s skills to find the best ways to advertise to the American market.
Marketing Ownership : Net worth & Later Work
- By the early 2000s, Dale had taken her marketing career a step further and expanded into the world of news, which was still the most popular way to advertise. She took her expertise to airports and bought several newsstands, then let publishers pay her to use them for advertising.
- The constant airport traffic and the long wait for the passengers meant that Dale’s stands were the ideal location for publishers, and her business soon thrived.
- In 2004, however, Dale put her business on hold so that she’d be able to spend more time at home with her husband, who had fallen very ill. By 2005, she had essentially abandoned her business altogether as she helped him through his final months.
- Johnnie L. Cochran, Sr., Johnnie’s dad passed away in 2018, at the age of 101.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Sylvia Dale has been depicted in the FX network series ‘The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story’ by a young actress. Dale’s character does have a few minutes of role in the series, mostly depicting incidents in Johnnie’s personal life.
- Tiffany Cochran, Johnnie’s daughter criticized the show saying that Johnnie’s character was more exaggerated & did not reflect his true personality.
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