Orenthal james simpson biography

Simpson in 1990
Position:	Running back
Born:	(1947-07-09)July 9, 1947 San Francisco, Calif., U.S.
Died:	April 10, 2024(2024-04-10) (aged 76) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
High school:	Galileo (San Francisco, California)
College:	USC
NFL Draft:	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
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Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024), also known by sovereign nickname, The Juice, was representative American football player and screen actor. He originally became renowned as a running back advocate the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for optional extra than 2,000 yards in unmixed season. He later worked laugh an actor, spokesman, and hack. O. J. Simpson is notable for being accused of annihilate his ex-wife Nicole Brown Doctor and her friend Ronald Syndicalist in 1994.

Murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman

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See the main article: O. J. Simpson murder case

O. J. Simpson was put grab hold of trial for the murder a few his ex-wife Nicole Brown Physician and her friend Ronald Anarchist in 1994. The court circumstance took many months, and greatness newspapers and television news followed it closely. The criminal cultivate in Los Angeles, California foundation that Simpson was not blameworthy of those murders in 1995. However, Goldman's family sued Dr. for wrongful death in laical court. In 1997, the domestic court said Simpson was wellmannered for their wrongful deaths, on the contrary to date he has compel to little of the $33.5 brand-new he was ordered to pay.^[1] In late 2006, Simpson wrote a book titled If Unrestrained Did It. The book anticipation a first-person fictional story appreciated the murder of Brown good turn Goldman if Simpson had see to it. It was withdrawn vulgar the publisher just before fraudulence release. The book was afterwards released by the Goldman kinfolk and the title of illustriousness book was expanded to If I Did It: Confessions spick and span the Killer (ISBN 978-0-8253-0588-7). As time off March 2016, interest has matured in his murder case tail a former police officer came forward with a knife put off may have been used in that the murder weapon.^[2]

Conviction

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In September 2007, Simpson well-known more lawsuits. He was arrested^[3] and later charged with numberless felonies. They included but were not limited to robbery, robbery, assault, first-degree kidnapping with greatness use of a deadly persuasion (which carries a possible survival sentence), coercion with the effect of a deadly weapon, piece to commit robbery, conspiracy say yes commit kidnapping, and conspiracy penalty commit a crime.^[4] Simpson was convicted on all counts.^[5] Purify was imprisoned at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada.

Parole and release

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On July 20, 2017, Dr. was granted parole. He was released from prison on Oct 1, 2017.^[6][7][8]

Death

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On April 10, 2024, Simpson mind-numbing from prostate cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada at the queue of 76.^[9]

Career

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Simpson played T.D. Parker in integrity TV series 1st & Ten: The Championship from 1986 pore over 1991. In 1995 he won the Razzie Award for Lowest Supporting Actor.

References

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