A cultural history of the O.J. Simpson trial [Video]

O.J. Simpson, the NFL player and actor whose career was overshadowed by his acquittal from charges that he murdered his wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in 1994, has died aged 76.

The Buffalo Bills running back was later found liable for their deaths in a separate civil trial. His family confirmed yesterday that Simpson died after battling prostate cancer “surrounded by his children and grandchildren”.

Simpson’s highly publicised arrest and consequent trial sparked huge conversations across America and the world around racism, as it was dubbed “the trial of the century”. One of the enduring legacies of the trial was its impact on popular culture.

The trial of O.J. Simpson is one of the most recognisable cultural events of the 90s and has shown up in everything from dramatisations of the trial, rap …