O.J. Simpson Dies at 76 from Cancer

Orenthal James Simpson, the former American football star famously acquitted in a criminal trial for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died from cancer at the age of 76. His death occurred in a Las Vegas hospital on 11 April, with his children Sydney and Justin by his side. Simpson was an iconic figure in American sport and culture, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1968 and the NFL's MVP award in 1973. He was found liable for the wrongful deaths in a civil suit and ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages. He was sentenced to prison in 2008 for a botched armed robbery and kidnapping.