OJ Simpson dies aged 76 after cancer battle [Video]

OJ Simpson, the football star who shot to international notoriety after he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, has died aged 76.

Simpson, who was battling prostate cancer, died on Wednesday surrounded by his children and grandchildren, according to a family statement released on social media.

Often regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, Simpson’s football and acting career became overshadowed by the media circus of his 1995 “trial of the century” for the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

His acquittal, by a mostly Black jury, became a seminal moment in US cultural history. It came just three years after the Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted for beating Rodney King, sparking the 1992 LA race riots.

After news of his death broke on Thursday, …