A lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson, who died from cancer last week at 76, said Sunday that the former NFL star's body will be cremated in the coming days, and there are no plans to have his brain donated to science. "On at least one occassion, someone has called saying he's a CTE guy who studies the brain," said attorney Malcolm LaVergne, referring to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been studied in former football players and is associated with behavioral and cognitive issues related to repeated...

O.J. Simpson died on Thursday at the age of 76, and the media didn’t quite know what to do. They didn’t know what to do because O.J. Simpson was a murderer, and everyone knows he was a murderer. But he spent the last half of his life being treated by some in the media as though he was a sort of controversial figure. A headline from the Washington Post summed this up: “How will O.J. Simpson be remembered?” The answer for everyone who remembers the O.J. Simpson murder trial is...

I was 25 years old, in the highrise office of City News Service, a local newswire out of Hollywood, and thoroughly unqualified for this job opening: covering courtrooms in downtown Los Angeles. My resume noted that I was a law school dropout, with 16 months experience writing about high school football in the small agricultural community of Santa Maria. A small handful of Americans still think of him primarily as a football player – or in San Francisco as a classmate or neighbor. But I’ll also remember him for changing...

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture.

A beloved football hero in the 1960s and ’70s, he transitioned effortlessly to movie star, sports commentator and TV pitchman — roles he kept until the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend. A jury acquitted him, but many still believe he was responsible for the grisly slayings.

OJ Simpson looked happy during one of his last outings before his death. Simpson died Wednesday at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. On Thursday, the ex-Buffalo Bills player’s family shared a statement regarding the news. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” they began. “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.” The athlete was spotted at a restaurant in Las...

O.J. Simpson — who became one of the most infamous figures in the US during his murder trial in the ’90s — has died after a cancer battle.

The former NFL star died Wednesday in Las Vegas, where he underwent chemotherapy after a prostate cancer diagnosis, his family confirmed. He was 76.

O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. Simpson's attorney confirmed to TMZ he died Wednesday night in Las Vegas. A message posted Thursday on Simpson's official X account — formerly Twitter — said he died after battling cancer. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” the statement said. Simpson earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business, but...