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OJ Simpson, one of the most famous names in world sports and not only in the 80s and 90s, has passed away at the age of 76, after losing his battle with cancer. The news was given by the family of the former athlete and actor, who, in addition to his fame on the screen in such roles, also received the sensational event of the death of his ex-wife and her friend.
The family announced that he had passed away surrounded by nephews and great-grandchildren, while they asked the media for privacy for the funeral ceremony of a character who caused a sensation in various ways.
He was an outstanding American football champion, excelling in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills, as he then took on the role of actor in several different films. Simpson was returning to television celebrity after retiring from sports when the June 1994 scandal occurred, when his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, were found murdered outside their apartment. theirs.
Simpson was declared wanted, as he had previously been accused by his ex-wife of raping her, the reason for which the parties had divorced. But instead of surrendering to the police, he tried to flee from law enforcement by car, and his chase through the city streets was one of the most watched television events in the US, with more than 95 million viewers.
His arrest and trial were then turned into an equally huge TV show, in which OJ Simpson was acquitted of both murders. However, three years later, the victims' families filed a civil suit against him, finding him guilty, seeking damages of $33.5 million.
He spent nearly 9 years in prison on charges of kidnapping, theft and other offenses in a sports equipment fraud scheme, being released in 2017.
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