question: On what date did the man whom Ving Rhames played in "American Tragedy" die?
answer: March 29, 2005
context: Title: Murder of Grace Brown
  Passage: Grace Mae Brown (March 20, 1886 – July 11, 1906) was an American skirt factory worker whose murder caused a nationwide sensation, and whose life inspired the fictional character Roberta Alden in the 1925 Theodore Dreiser novel, "An American Tragedy", as well as the 2003 Jennifer Donnelly novel, "A Northern Light".  The facts of the real murder are laid out in the two non-fiction books, both published in 1986: "Adirondack Tragedy: The Gillette Murder Case of 1906", written by Joseph W. Brownell and Patricia A. Wawrzaszek, and "Murder in the Adirondacks: An American Tragedy Revisited", by Craig Brandon.  Shelley Winters was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the role inspired by Grace Brown (with the name changed to 'Alice Tripp') in the 1951 film "A Place in the Sun," loosely based on the Dreiser novel.
  Title: A Place in the Sun (film)
  Passage: A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled "An American Tragedy".  It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women; one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory and the other a beautiful socialite.  Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as "An American Tragedy", in 1931.
  Title: American Tragedy (film)
  Passage: American Tragedy is a 2000 miniseries broadcast on the CBS Television Network from November 12, 2000 to November 15, 2000, that was based on the trial of O. J. Simpson for the 1994 murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.  Ving Rhames starred as defense attorney Johnnie Cochran.  The film was directed by Lawrence Schiller, and the screenplay was adapted from the bestselling book, "American Tragedy: The Uncensored Story of the Simpson Defense", by noted novelist Norman Mailer, who had previously collaborated with Schiller on "The Executioner's Song".  Mailer publicly criticized CBS for its promotion of the miniseries, which used ads that focused on the fact that Simpson tried unsuccessfully to have the courts block the broadcast of the film.  The film won a Satellite Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
  Title: Johnnie Cochran
  Passage: Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O. J. Simpson for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.
  Title: Force of Execution
  Passage: Force of Execution is a 2013 action crime film directed by Keoni Waxman, written by Richard Beattie and Michael Black, and starring Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames, and Danny Trejo.  The movie marks the fourth collaboration between Steven Seagal and Keoni Waxman (following "The Keeper", "A Dangerous Man", and "Maximum Conviction"), and the fourth collaboration between Steven Seagal and executive producer Binh Dang (following "Into the Sun", "True Justice", and "Maximum Conviction").  The film is set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  Title: Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
  Passage: Undisputed II: Last Man Standing is a 2006 American direct-to-video martial arts film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Eli Danker and Ben Cross.  It is the sequel to the 2002 boxing film "Undisputed".  White portrays ex-boxer George "Iceman" Chambers, a role originally played by Ving Rhames in the first film.  It was followed by two sequels: "" (2010) and "" (2017), which continue the story of Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka, played by Adkins.
  Title: As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy
  Passage: As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy is a split album by the two metalcore bands As I Lay Dying and American Tragedy released in 2002 through Pluto Records.  As I Lay Dying has since re-released its half of the album through Metal Blade Records.  Their compilation album "" also features the original and re-recorded tracks from the split album.  Tracks 1 through 5 are performed by As I Lay Dying, while tracks 6 through 11 are performed by the now defunct American Tragedy.
  Title: American Tragedy Redux
  Passage: American Tragedy Redux is the second remix album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead, taking songs exclusively off the band's 2011 studio album, "American Tragedy", and remixing them.  The first remix album was the Black Dahlia Remixes album, featuring three remixes of Hollywood Undead's single, "Black Dahlia".  The album was released on November 21, 2011 by A&M/Octone Records.  The original tracks on the album, which were on "American Tragedy", were recorded following the induction of Daniel Murillo into the band in early 2010 and lasted until December.  The tracks were then remixed by various DJ's and musicians during the band's "World War III Tour" with Asking Alexandria later in 2011.  The album's first single, "Levitate (Digital Dog club mix)", was released on October 18, 2011, with a music video being released on October 24.
  Title: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  Passage: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is a 2015 American action spy film co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie.  It is the fifth installment in the .  The film stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, and Alec Baldwin with Cruise, Renner, Pegg, and Rhames reprising their roles from previous films.  "Rogue Nation" is produced by Cruise, J. J. Abrams, and David Ellison of Skydance Productions.  In the film, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is on the run from the CIA, following the IMF's disbandment as he tries to prove the existence of the Syndicate, a mysterious international terrorist consortium.
  Title: American Tragedy (album)
  Passage: American Tragedy is the second studio album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead.  Production for the album began following the induction of Daniel Murillo into the band in early 2010 and lasted until December.  Don Gilmore and Ben Grosse, who helped produce the band's debut album, "Swan Songs" (2008), also returned to produce the album along with several other producers including Kevin Rudolf, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz, Griffin Boice, Jeff Halavacs, and Jacob Kasher.  The album is musically heavier and features darker lyrical content than the band's previous effort.  Originally set to release in March, "American Tragedy" was released on April 5, 2011 in the United States and was released on various other dates that month in other countries.  A remix of the album, "American Tragedy Redux", was released on November 21, 2011.
citations: Johnnie Cochran American Tragedy (film)