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OJ Simpson dies at 76 after battle with cancer

FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. The 74-year-old former football hero, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, the day after a hearing before the Nevada state Board of Parole, Kim Yoko Smith, spokeswoman for the Nevada State Police, said Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File) (Jason Bean, USA TODAY NETWORK)

Former football star, actor and acquitted murder defendant O.J. Simpson died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family confirmed via X.

He was 76.

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In May 2023, Simpson posted a video on X saying he had “caught cancer” and had to do “the whole chemo thing.” However, he didn’t specify the type of cancer.

Then in February 2024, sources revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy in Las Vegas.


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