OJ Simpson’s father was reportedly a gay drag queen [Video]

It has been reported that the father of disgraced NFL star OJ Simpson, who has died at the age of 76, was a gay man who performed as a drag queen in San Francisco.

Simpson, a former American Football star, broadcaster and actor had been battling prostate cancer and died yesterday (10 April), a family statement said.

In 1994, having retiring from sport, OJ Simpson was charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, after they were stabbed to death outside her home. Following one of the most closely watched trials in US history, he was acquitted, but later found liable for their wrongful deaths in a civil court case.

In 2008, he was convicted for his part in an armed robbery in Las Vegas and jailed for 33 years but was paroled in 2017.

In the 1970s, he appeared in blockbusters such as The Towering Inferno as well as the hit TV series, Roots, and later in comedy The Naked …