In a statement on Twitter, which was recently rebranded as X, his family said<\/a>: \u201cOn April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDuring this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Back in February, Simpson shut down reports that he was in a hospice after undergoing chemotherapy for prostate cancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHey X world, hospice? Hospice? You talking about hospice?\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNo, I\u2019m not in any hospice. I don\u2019t know who put that out there,\u201d he continued. \u201cI guess it\u2019s like Donald [Trump] says, \u2018You can\u2019t trust the media.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He continued: \u201cIn any event, I\u2019m hosting a tonne of friends for the Super Bowl here in Las Vegas. All is well, you know. So take care, have a good Super Bowl weekend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Born in 1947 in San Francisco, California, Simpson won the Heisman Trophy while at USC, and went on to become one of the most celebrated football players of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n He played nine seasons for the Buffalo Bills and two <\/span>for the San Francisco 49ers, and <\/span>was the first running back to gain 2,000 yards in a season in 1973.<\/p>\n His sporting achievements played out alongside a successful acting career.<\/span><\/p>\n While still at USC, he appeared on Medical Center and starred in a number of films, including <\/span>The Cassandra Crossing and The Towering Inferno.<\/span><\/p>\n After retiring from football, he starred in three Naked Gun movies and the comedy Back to Beach.<\/span><\/p>\n However, after his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman were stabbed to death at her Los Angeles home in 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder.<\/span><\/p>\n The eight-month trial that followed was broadcast live around the world, and sparked a media frenzy and public obsession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Though Simpson was not found guilty of the deaths, three years after his criminal trial he <\/span>was found liable in a separate civil trial brought by the victims\u2019 families.<\/span> He was ordered to pay <\/a><\/span>$33.5m in damages.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"OJ](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/OJ-Simpson-c8ca07f.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"O.J.")
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