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  1. Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, his professional success was overshadowed by his trial and ...

  2. Apr 11, 2024 · He was 76. A post from the “Simpson Family” on Simpsons verified X account Thursday morning said: “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer...

  3. Apr 11, 2024 · O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a televised trial that gripped the nation, has died of cancer, according to his family. He was...

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    • Bronco Chase
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    • If I Did It
    • The Lost Confession
    • O.J.: Made in America
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    Simpson was ordered to surrender by 11 a.m. on June 17 but instead vanished. He was tracked down later that day when he made a call from his cell phone on the Santa Ana Freeway. The police pursued, leading to a nationally televised slow-speed chase of a white Ford Broncobelonging to ex-NFL player Al “A.C.” Cowlings, who was at the wheel while Simps...

    Simpson’s criminal trial for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, dubbed the “Trial of the Century,”commenced with opening statements on January 24, 1995. The jury was sequestered for nearly nine months, longer than any jury had been to date in California history. The high-profile murder suspect assembled a legal “dream team” of lawyers that ...

    Simpson planned to publish the ghostwritten If I Did It, a hypothetical account of how he would have committed the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldmanmurders, in late 2006. But after a publishing deal with HarperCollins fell through, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded the book’s rights to the Goldman family. The family added commentary to the work...

    Around the time of If I Did It’s originally planned publication, Simpson taped an accompanying interview with HarperCollins publisher Judith Regan. However, it was shelved due to the victims’ families concerns that Simpson would find a way to profit from its broadcast. In March 2018, the footage finally aired as part of a two-hour special titled O....

    In June 2016, ABC debuted O.J.: Made in America, a documentary aired as a five-part miniseries that examined Simpson’s athletic career, murder trial and acquittal, and popularity in American culture. The project won the 2017 Academy Awardfor Best Documentary.

    The saga of the 1994 murders and his subsequent criminal trial returned to the spotlight for the 2016 first season of the series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson. The series featured actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in the role of the fallen football star. The People v. O.J. Simpson was critically acclaimed, winning nine Emmy Awards including...

    Learn about the life and crimes of O.J. Simpson, former football star, actor, and murder suspect. Find out how he was acquitted of the killings of his ex-wife and her friend, and later convicted of robbery and kidnapping.

  4. Apr 11, 2024 · O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as an all-American in movies, television and advertising, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a...

  5. Apr 11, 2024 · O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at age 76, his family announced Thursday. The former NFL star and broadcaster’s athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal...

  6. 1 day ago · Orenthal James Simpson. Born: July 9, 1947, San Francisco, California, U.S. Awards And Honors: All-America team. Pro Football Hall of Fame (1985) Heisman Trophy (1968) Recent News. May 5, 2024, 1:20 AM ET (The Telegraph) Werner Spitz, forensic pathologist who investigated deaths of JFK and Martin Luther King – obituary.

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