O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76

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O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, according to his family. He was 76. "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," a statement from his family said.

In May 2023, Simpson posted a video on X, then known as Twitter, revealing that he had recently "caught cancer" and "had to do the whole chemo thing." He added, "It looks like I beat it." Simpson didn't specify the nature of the cancer.

Then in February 2024, a Las Vegas television station reported that Simpson, then 76, was again undergoing treatment for an unspecified cancer. Simpson himself posted a video on X that day, denying rumors that he was in hospice care, though he did not otherwise confirm or deny reports that he was ill. Two days later in another video update on X, Simpson thanked those people he said had reached out to him, adding "My health is good. I mean, obviously I'm dealing with some issues but I think I'm just about over it."

Orenthal James Simpson, nicknamed "The Juice," broke records as a college and professional football player, and extended his celebrity and fortune as a sportscaster, a movie and television actor, and as a corporate spokesman, most notably for Hertz rental cars.

All that changed on June 12, 1994, when Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, were brutally stabbed to death outside of the former's home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood. Within days, police announced their intention to arrest the former football star for the murders.

Five days after the killings, 95 million Americans watched as Simpson's white Ford Bronco – with longtime friend Al Cowlings at the wheel and Simpson in the back seat with a handgun, threatening to kill himself – led police on a 60-mile, low-speed televised chase through Los Angeles that lasted some two hours.

Simpson ultimately surrendered to police and stood trial for the murders. In October 1995, after 11 months from jury selection to verdict, Simpson was acquitted in a trial that was televised daily and became an international sensation.

Twelve years later, Simpson was arrested in September 2007 after he led a group of men into a Las Vegas hotel and casino to steal, at gunpoint, what he claims was his own sports memorabilia. Simpson was charged with a number of felony counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery. The following year, he was found guilty and sentenced to up to 33 years in prison. Simpson was released on parole on Oct. 1, 2017.

O.J. Simpson is survived by four children: Arnelle and Jason, from his first marriage, and Sydney and Justin, from his marriage to Nicole Brown Simpson.

 

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Now he can explain himself to a higher judge.

 

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Wonder what it was like for him to meet Nicole again?

 

[Loktar]

Wonder what it was like for him to meet Nicole again?

I doubt he did. She's in Heaven and he's in Hell.

 

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I doubt he did. She's in Heaven and he's in Hell.

I wonder what the devil thinks?

 

[Loktar]

I wonder what the devil thinks?

The Devil thinks the wrong retarded n.igger died. He was hoping for a fish fucking, Hummer owner pretender, retarded n.igger.

 

[Oerdin]

Good. He was guilty as hell.

 

[Oerdin]

 

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^^^That's bullshit!^^^...As a true and dedicated football fan, I never saw O.J. Simpson play football or never seen any of his movies..My only reonactton regarding O.J was in those Hertz commercials..The Bronco chase...The Nichol and Ron Goldman vs. O.J. Simpson trial, and those times he spent in prison..Most of the Black people I know thought he was guilty for the murder of Ron Goldman and Nicole... I'm not a fan of O.J. Simpson.

 

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Now he can explain himself to a higher judge.

O.J. Simpson is going to the same higher judge as Hitler, Adam and Eve, European slave owners, kkk, satan, Jews, Brett Farve and the LAPD.

 

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I bet a certain fake n.igger thinks OJ was quite the hero

 

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I bet Goldman is fucking OJ up the ass with a hot steel rod as we speak.

Endlessly and repeatedly.

 

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If it wasn't for that dumb bitch who introduced THE GLOVES that didn't fit O.J. Simpson would have been found guilty as charged...My question is..Why did O.J kill Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman<<Did Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman having an Affair/Fucking?.. No one (Venooker, Oerdin, Loktar) is discussing that

 

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I bet Goldman is fucking OJ up the ass with a hot steel rod as we speak.

Endlessly and repeatedly.

At least he's not fucking him in the neck LOL

Wonder if Nicole is watching.

Can you imagine anyone worshipping this failed, murderous dumb black bastard? I think his death day should be a national hliday.

 

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If it wasn't for that dumb bitch who introduced THE GLOVES that didn't fit O.J. Simpson would have been found guilty as charged...My question is..Why did O.J kill Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman<<Did Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman having an Affair/Fucking?.. No one (Venooker, Oerdin, Loktar) is discussing that

The gloves fit and he just stopped talking the medication to stop his hands from swelling. It was widely reported at the time. The even showed the credit card statement when he bought the gloves.

 

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O.J. Simpson died owing over $100 million to the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson​

• O.J. Simpson owed a huge sum to the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson, reports say.
• In 1996, he was ordered to pay $33.5 million after being found liable in a wrongful death lawsuit.
• That amount has ballooned to over $100 million due to interest accrued in the last 27 years.

O.J. Simpson died owing millions to the family of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson following a wrongful death lawsuit in 1997, an attorney for the Goldman family has said, according to reports. The ex-football star and actor who was acquitted of the murders Ron Goldman and his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson at his highly publicized trial in 1995 died of cancer aged 76 on April 10.

In 1997, a jury in a civil trial found him responsible for "willingly and wrongfully" causing their deaths. It ordered him to pay $33.5 million, which has ballooned to $114 million due to unpaid interest charges, a Goldman family lawyer told People. But as of 2022, Simpson had only paid a tiny fraction of the sum, around $132,000 to the Goldman family, according to The New York Times.

"He died without penance," the Goldman family attorney David Cook told People.

Simpson paid so little because he denied having sources of income or property that could be targeted by the court settlement, Christopher Melcher, a lawyer in California who specializes in family law, told The Times.

Simpson earned $400,000 a year from NFL pensions, the Screen Actors Guild, and other sources, but they were protected from seizure, The Times reported. According to the Goldman family lawyer, depending on the wishes of Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, his team may pursue the estate and assets left behind by Simpson to collect the debt owed. "We need to get a lawyer or a number of lawyers who deal with this, very smart people," Cook said, per People. "It's a big deal."

Most of the money that the Goldman family has received from Simpson has been through the sales of a book Simpson wrote about the deaths, said Cook.

As Business Insider previously reported, in 2006, almost a decade after the civil trial, Simpson announced he would release a book, originally titled "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened." However, it was quickly scrapped following public outcry.

 

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^^You beat ME to it asshole^^...Guilty or not...Nicole and Goldman's family got Paid-In-Full in O.J's NOT GUILTY verdict in his criminal case..Explain that Venooker

 

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Most of the money that the Goldman family has received from Simpson has been through the sales of a book Simpson wrote about the deaths, said Cook. As Business Insider previously reported, in 2006, almost a decade after the civil trial, Simpson announced he would release a book, originally titled "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened." However, it was quickly scrapped following public outcry.

After a bankruptcy court in Florida awarded the book's rights to the Goldman family, the book was finally published, but with a new name: "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer."

Brown Simpson's family also profited from the book, but Brown's sister, Denise Brown, disapproved of the publication. She told "Good Morning America" in 2007 that the book is a "manual on how to commit murder" and called any profits from the book "blood money."

"To me, it's going to promote more killings instead of helping victims of domestic violence, who already know they're living a nightmare," Brown said. "We don't need to promote O.J. Simpson. We don't need to sensationalize him."

Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim Goldman, defended the publication, telling Fox News in 2007: "We can take his words and show him to be the monster that he is."

Reacting to the news of Simpson's death, Goldman's father told The Independent: "The only thing I have to say is that today is just a further reminder of how long we have missed my son, how long he's been gone, and the only thing that is important today are the victims. I have nothing else to say."

 

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Owners of the White Bronco Used in O.J. Simpson Chase Are Hoping to Resell for a Fortune​

It could become the highest amount ever paid for a vehicle involved in a notorious crime.

The owners of the infamous white Bronco which carried O.J. Simpson during his infamous low-speed police pursuit are looking to sell the vehicle and make a small fortune after the accused murderer's death last week. Collectors website Cllt first reported the news.

The Bronco made headlines almost exactly 30 years ago, on June 17, 1994, just five days after the murders of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. After police announced Simpson as the suspect, he was expected to self-surrender to authorities. Instead, he went on the run. Simpson’s friend, former Buffalo Bills star Al Cowlings, called 911 and told authorities to “back off,” claiming Simpson was holding a gun to his head in the backseat. The duo made the slow journey to Simpson’s Brentwood mansion, where the Naked Gun star was arrested in his driveway less than an hour later.

The Bronco chase gripped the nation, as O.J.’s fans poured onto the streets to cheer the suspect on. It remains one of the most famous national news incidents in America, and practically on its own spawned modern-day 24-hour news coverage.

The infamous vehicle is now owned by Simpson’s former agent, Michael Gilbert, and two friends of Cowlings, and they’re looking to sell. As they explained to Cllt, though, they were planning to do so even before Simpson’s April 10 death from prostate cancer.

“Before O.J. passed, we had always thought this was going to be the year we were going to sell because it’s the 30th anniversary,” Gilbert told the outlet. “Who knows if we are all going to be around for the 35th or the 40th?”

The three sellers reported that the last offer they received for the white Bronco was $750,000. However, they’re hoping that their industrious timing might fetch as much as $1.5 million.

Cowling’s white Bronco is not to be confused with Simpson’s own Bronco, which he allegedly used as a getaway vehicle on the night of the murders. Simpson’s Bronco was later used as evidence during the trial after investigators determined it contained traces of the victims’ blood.

The Bronco has hopped around quite a bit since the chase. It went from an L.A. parking garage to the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, before it landed at Gilbert’s house. Understandably, his partner wasn’t thrilled by its presence.

“My wife didn’t like it there,” Gilbert admitted. "She wanted her parking spot back."

It’s currently housed at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. If the car does sell for even the lowest estimate, it'll be the highest price paid for a notorious criminal vehicle. The current top spot holder is Bonnie and Clyde's bullet-riddled death machine, which sold to a Las Vegas casino in 1988 for $250,000.

The car is just one part of Simpson’s complicated legacy. Responses to his death have varied, with Fred Goldman, Ron’s father, making a somber statement that didn’t mention Simpson by name; Caitlyn Jenner, meanwhile, offered a much more blunt response to the passing of her former friend.