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OJ Simpson dead latest news: Former NFL player dies at 76 after battle with cancer as family releases statement

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LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: (YEAR 13) OJ Simpson looks at a new pair of oversized Aris gloves that prosecutors made him wear on June 21, 1995 during his double murder trial in Los Angeles. Simpson was acquitted of charges of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and his friend Ronald Goldman. AFP PHOTO by Vince BUCCI (photo credit should go to Vince Bucci/AFP via Getty Images)

Simpson became one of America’s most infamous figures after being accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

He was later acquitted of the murders.

Simpson, a former football running back who played 11 seasons with the Buffalo Bills, reinvented himself as an actor before the Brown and Goldman murders.

Although acquitted of the murders, his reputation was forever ruined and the latter part of his career was marked by a series of sordid enterprises.

After being acquitted, Simpson was found civilly liable for the murders and was later forced to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.

He faced more legal problems when he was sentenced to nine to 33 years behind bars for armed robbery in Nevada in 2008.

It was previously reported that Simpson was battling prostate cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.

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