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O.J. Simpson died at the age of 76, his family said on Thursday.Simpson’s family wrote on X that the ex-football star died surrounded by his children on Wednesday.Simpson is known for his highly publicized trial over the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown.
O.J. Simpson, the ex-football star who was acquitted of murder at his highly publicized trial in 1995, died on Wednesday, his family announced.
Simpson had been diagnosed with cancer, his family said.
“He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” they wrote in a post on X.
Simpson was 76.
Simpson had a successful football career, before becoming the center of a high-profile trial after the death of his former wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ron Goldman, at her Los Angeles home on June 12, 1994.
Simpson was acquitted in 1995 during a criminal trial, but Brown and Goldman’s families later sued the former football star. A civil jury found him liable for the wrongful deaths of Brown and Goldman in 1997, and he paid $33.5 million in damages to the families.
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