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O.J. Simpson, former NFL star acquitted of murder, dead at 76

O.J. Simpson attends his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center on July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. Getty Images via AFP - POOL

O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Famer whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called "trial of the century" for the brutal murders of his ex-wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 76.

"Our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer" Wednesday, a message signed by the family said on social media site X.

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