OJ Simpson
Former football star dies aged 76
OJ Simpson has died at the age of 76.
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Former football star and actor OJ Simpson is dead. His family announces that he died as a result of cancer.
OJ Simpson (1947-2024) is dead. His family announced this in a statement on the X platform. The former American football star and actor died yesterday, Wednesday, at the age of 76.
“On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” says the message. The relatives are now asking for privacy. The post is signed “The Simpson Family.”
Trial of the century against OJ Simpson
Simpson was once one of the most famous athletes in the USA and was considered one of the biggest football stars of his time during his playing career. He also tried his hand in the entertainment industry. The athlete made several appearances in the “The Naked Gun” film series alongside Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010) in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Simpson gained worldwide fame above all through a criminal trial known in the USA as the “Trial of the Century”, which went down in the history books. Simpson was accused in the “trial of the century” of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her acquaintance, Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted in the spectacular trial in 1995.
Nevertheless, Simpson later spent several years in prison. The former football star was sentenced to 33 years in prison for armed robbery in 2008, which was suspended after around nine years.