By Durrell Namasani
OJ. Simpson, the football great and Hollywood actor who was accused (and famously acquitted) of murdering his wife and her friend died yesterday of cancer, his family has announced.
“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”
Simpson had reportedly been battling prostate cancer. Back in February, he shut down reports he was in a hospice posting on social media.
“Hey X world, hospice? Hospice? You talking about hospice?” he said in a video.
“No, I’m not in any hospice. I don’t know who put that out there,” he continued. “I guess it’s like Donald [Trump] says, ‘You can’t trust the media.’
Simpson was regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time after spending a decade in the NFL playing for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. After his football career, Simpson moved into acting. He appeared in various films and TV shows.
However, in 1994, he was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman after they were found stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home
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