OJ Simpson dead at 76 after cancer battle

NY Post ^ | Olivia Land and Emily Crane

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OJ Simpson, the once beloved NFL superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted in a 1995 murder trial that gripped the nation died at his Las Vegas home Wednesday. He was 76.

Simpson — whose fame, fortune, and legacy were forever changed despite being cleared by a Los Angeles jury of killing his ex-wife and her male friend in what was dubbed the “trial of the century” – had been battling prostate cancer.

Nicknamed “The Juice,” Simpson was one of the most popular athletes of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Simpson quickly parlayed his NFL success into show business achievements, such as appearing in the acclaimed TV miniseries “Roots” and films such as “The Naked Gun.” He also famously became a pitchman for brands such as Hertz rental cars.

But athletic popularity and Hollywood fame came crashing down when he was charged with the horrific slashing murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles in 1994.

Live TV coverage of his arrest after a slow-speed chase in his white Ford Bronco became infamous.

[OKSooner]

No comment.

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OJ got the deadly vaccine in January 2021.

[kawhill]

Hey Orenthal James Simpson, looked at this thread and thought of this song: Albert Hammond - “It never rains in Southern California”. Was wondering if it’s raining where you’re at now.

[Beowulf9]

I saw he said in an interview he did believe in both God and the Devil. He was asked did he believe he’d ever see her again and he said yes. He was so cool and calm about it all. He’s rather unfathomable for me. Makes me think, what if he really didn’t do it. But it surely looks he did. Then makes me think he’s a sociopath, or just a very good liar.

I wonder where we go after this. I wonder if he’ll see her again. Or Ron.