O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor, has passed away at the age of 76. Simpson, who was acquitted of charges in the murder trial of his former wife and her friend, was later found liable in a separate civil trial. His attorney confirmed his death in Las Vegas. Simpson had a successful career as a football player and actor, but his life was marred by controversy.
, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial , has died. He was 76.
He had seemed to transcend racial barriers as the star Trojans tailback for college football's powerful University of Southern California in the late 1960s, as a rental car ad pitchman rushing through airports in the late 1970s, and as the husband of a blonde and blue-eyed high school homecoming queen in the 1980s.of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.
“It’s all blood money, and unfortunately I had to join the jackals,” Simpson told The Associated Press at the time. He collected $880,000 in advance money for the book, paid through a third party.Simpson played 11 NFL seasons, nine of them with the Buffalo Bills, where he became known as “The Juice” on an offensive line known as “The Electric Company.” He won four NFL rushing titles, rushed for 11,236 yards in his career, scored 76 touchdowns and played in five Pro Bowls.
Orenthal James Simpson was born July 9, 1947, in San Francisco, where he grew up in government-subsidized housing projects.
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