Former NFL star and actor OJ Simpson dies age 76

Former NFL star and actor OJ Simpson dies age 76
OJ Simpson (Tim Ockenden/PA)
Thu, 11 Apr, 2024 - 16:49
Naomi Clarke and Kerri-Ann Roper, PA Reporters

OJ Simpson, the controversial former NFL star who also pursued an acting career, has died of cancer at the age of 76.

Simpson was a running back for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers, before being acquitted of murder in a trial in the mid-1990s and later he served jail time for an armed robbery.

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