O.J. Simpson, acquitted murder defendant and football star, dies at age 76
Former football player and actor O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in a California murder case, has died, his attorney confirmed to CBS News. He was 76 years old.
statement Post on social media Simpson's family said he died of cancer on Wednesday. Simpson's attorney said he had prostate cancer.
“On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, passed away after a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” the family said in a statement.
Simpson was famously acquitted in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, a case that dominated headlines and TV screens for months. He was later found responsible for their deaths by a civil trial jury.
In October 2008, Simpson was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury of confronting two sporting goods dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel in September 2007 and directing five men, including two with guns. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime.
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Former football player and actor O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in a California murder case, has died, his attorney confirmed to CBS News. He was 76 years old.statement Post on social media Simpson's family said he died of cancer on Wednesday. Simpson's attorney said he had prostate cancer.”On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, passed away after a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” the family said in a statement.
Simpson was famously acquitted in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, a case that dominated headlines and TV screens for months. He was later found responsible for their deaths by a civil trial jury.In October 2008, Simpson was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury of confronting two sporting goods dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel in September 2007 and directing five men, including two with guns. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime.
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