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OJ Simpson, protagonist of the “trial of the century” for double murder, dies at 76
OJ Simpson, the former NFL football star whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his wife and a friend shocked the world, has died at age 76.
OJ Simpson died at the age of 76. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
OJ Simpson, the former NFL star whose acquittal in 1995 in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his ex-wife and her friend shocked the world, died at the age of 76, it was announced this Thursday, April 11. his family.
“On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” his family wrote on the social network X.
On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.
He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace.
-The Simpson Family
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) April 11, 2024
OJ Simpson was considered a god in the United States and his fame did not fall when he hung up his boots and entered the world of entertainment. But The murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend, Ron Goldman, took him down from Olympus and they took him to the defendant’s bench in 1994 in the so-called “trial of the century.”
The jury declared him innocent, although he was later found guilty in a civil court and forced to pay US$33.5 million in damages, a bill that was never settled.
Simpson mightn’t avoid bars when he was arrested in Las Vegas in 2007 for kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia collectors at gunpoint. He spent nine years in prison and was released in 2017.
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