OJ Simpson has died at the age of 76.
The announcement was made by the family of the former NFL player and accused murderer on Thursday afternoon.
Simpson was a running back for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers from 1969 to 1979, but he became more widely known for his murder trial in the mid-1990s.
In a statement on Twitter/X, his family said: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.
"He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
"During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace."
Simpson was acquitted of the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1995 and continued to declare his innocence.
During the trial he was represented by reality star Kim Kardashian’s father, Robert Kardashian.
Two years after he was cleared, a civil court jury found him liable for the deaths and ordered he pay 33.5 million US dollars in damages to the victims’ families.
He was later jailed following an armed robbery in Las Vegas in 2007 and served a lengthy sentence before being released in 2017.
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