What was OJ Simpson’s cause of death? [Video]

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson died age 76 earlier this month from prostate cancer, his longtime representative confirmed to media outlets Friday. 

The former football hero, actor and celebrity murder defendant died April 10. A post on April 11 from Simpson’s family on X, formerly Twitter, said Simpson “succumbed to his battle with cancer.” It asked on their behalf for “privacy and grace.”

Simpson announced in May 2023 that he had been diagnosed with cancer. His health declined rapidly in early April just before his death, his lawyer said. 

Simpson was a record-setting football star during 11 years as a running back in the NFL and became a movie actor, sportscaster and television advertising pitchman before he was famously acquitted of criminal charges alleging he stabbed his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman, to death in 1994 in Los Angeles. …