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(NEXSTAR) — O.J. Simpson has died, his family announced on social media Thursday morning. He was 76.
“On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” a post on X attributed to his family reads. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
Additional details were not immediately available.
Simpson, who stood trial for the double-murder of his ex-wife and her friend in the 1990s, was reportedly in Las Vegas at the time of his passing, according to TMZ.
The former NFL player was reportedly diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and undergoing chemotherapy. In a February 9 post to X, Simpson spoke out against rumors that he was in hospice care saying at the time that “all is well” and that he was not in hospice.
In a video posted a couple of days later, Simpson said, “Obviously, I’m dealing with some issues, but I think I’m just about over it.”
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