OJ Simpson cremated in Las Vegas [Video]

Former NFL running back O.J. Simpson has been cremated in Las Vegas following his death last week at the age of 76, the executor of his estate says.

Attorney Malcolm LaVergne told Reuters that he, relatives and friends were in attendance Wednesday for the private gathering at the Palm Downtown Mortuary & Cemetery.

Simpson, who famously was acquitted in the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, died from prostate cancer on April 10.

LaVergne told The Associated Press that Simpson’s cremains will be given to Simpson’s children “to do with as they please, according to the wishes of their father.” No public memorial was planned, he added.

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LaVergne said Tuesday he visited Simpson just before Easter at the country club home where Simpson leased southwest of the Las Vegas Strip, and described Simpson as “awake, alert and chilling” …