OJ Simpson Dies At 76

[Farnhamia]

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 1995 trial in Los Angeles that mesmerized the nation, died on Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 76.

The cause was cancer, his family announced on social media.

The jury in the murder trial cleared him, but the case, which had held up a cracked mirror to Black and white America, changed the trajectory of his life. In 1997, a civil suit by the victims’ families found him liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman, and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages. He paid little of the debt, moved to Florida and struggled to remake his life, raise his children and stay out of trouble.

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[Ineva]

My condolences to those who cared about him.

[Page]

He got away with murder, but it's the fault of the LAPD he was acquitted.

[Ifreann]

At least now God can tell him who the real killer was.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Condolences to the family.

[Ineva]

At least now God can tell him who the real killer was.

He will be disappointed when led to the Hall of Mirrors.

[Social anxiety IVV]

He was wrongly accused of the crime

[Israel and the Sinai]

*womp womp*

Anyways, he was a good football player, absolutely killer talent. I hope that he is looking up at us.

[United States Of Alpha]

That is sad. Rest in Piece.

[New Stonkopolis]

I have to properly separate the player from the killer.

I believe he killed those two people, but that can't take away from his HoF career. It's a shame to see people discredit his career in the NFL from what he did after his time there. Condolences to his family, condolences to the Goldmans.

[Turenia]

He got away with murder, but it's the fault of the LAPD he was acquitted.

Free will exists.

The jury didn't have to vote the way they did.

[Kinqueven]

He might've killed someone. He might've not. Either way, even evil people die. I pay my condolences

[Opressiani]

Wrote an entire book which boils down to "Hey, I didn't do it, but this is what I would have done if I were the murderer" while the families of the deceased were still grieving. Makes me hate him more.

[Himmelland]

He was still alive? I thought he was dead a while ago.
Well, maybe people will finally shut up about him? I'm honestly tired of whether or not OJ killed his wife or not.

[The Black Forrest]

The news coverage my way is fascinating. A kind of lionizing and making sure they mention acquitted.

Gifted player, ok actor who was a criminal.

I guess its the separating of the art from the artist type of thing.

[Siluvia]

Rest in piece OJ. He truly killed it on the field.

[The Black Forrest]

He was still alive? I thought he was dead a while ago.
Well, maybe people will finally shut up about him? I'm honestly tired of whether or not OJ killed his wife or not.

People don’t work that way. You think trump talk will end after the next elections?

[Lindsay]

He was still alive? I thought he was dead a while ago.
Well, maybe people will finally shut up about him? I'm honestly tired of whether or not OJ killed his wife or not.

You could probably farm some reddit karma on r/mandelaeffect with this. Nobody's posted it yet.

[Himmelland]

He was still alive? I thought he was dead a while ago.
Well, maybe people will finally shut up about him? I'm honestly tired of whether or not OJ killed his wife or not.

People don’t work that way. You think trump talk will end after the next elections?

It'll begin to burn out now, at the very least.

He was still alive? I thought he was dead a while ago.
Well, maybe people will finally shut up about him? I'm honestly tired of whether or not OJ killed his wife or not.

You could probably farm some reddit karma on r/mandelaeffect with this. Nobody's posted it yet.

I'm not a Redditor, but thanks for the idea.

[Farnhamia]

Wrote an entire book which boils down to "Hey, I didn't do it, but this is what I would have done if I were the murderer" while the families of the deceased were still grieving. Makes me hate him more.

Point of information: Yes, well, OJ wrote it but never published it. The father of Ronald Goldman, the other victim, bought the rights after Simpson went bankrupt. He added some information about his son and published it himself. The cover had the word "If" in small letters and the rest in large ones.

[Turenia]

Wrote an entire book which boils down to "Hey, I didn't do it, but this is what I would have done if I were the murderer" while the families of the deceased were still grieving. Makes me hate him more.

Point of information: Yes, well, OJ wrote it but never published it. The father of Ronald Goldman, the other victim, bought the rights after Simpson went bankrupt. He added some information about his son and published it himself. The cover had the word "If" in small letters and the rest in large ones.

if I DID IT

[Farnhamia]

Point of information: Yes, well, OJ wrote it but never published it. The father of Ronald Goldman, the other victim, bought the rights after Simpson went bankrupt. He added some information about his son and published it himself. The cover had the word "If" in small letters and the rest in large ones.

if I DID IT

Just like that, yes.

[Merien]

I am actually quite surprised. I forgot he was in his 70s.

I forgot he even existed but I always would make some jokes about him every so often.

Unfortunate that Norm MacDonald didn't last longer than him.

[Turenia]

if I DID IT

Just like that, yes.

I've never read it, but I plan to.

I rewatch the People vs OJ series every year, it's really a great TV show. Even if Cuba Gooding Jr's portrayal of OJ isn't quite accurate, in my view.

[Ethel mermania]

Shame he didn't donate his brain. I wonder if he had CTE