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Jose Garcia

(2,598 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 10:49 AM Apr 11

O.J. SIMPSON DEAD AT 76 After Cancer Battle

Source: TMZ

O.J. Simpson -- one of the most infamous high-profile Americans of all time -- is dead after a cancer battle.

The former NFL great -- who stood trial for the double-murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in the '90s, only to be acquitted -- passed away Wednesday in Las Vegas ... this according to his family.

They say he was surrounded by his children and grandchildren when he died Wednesday night. Simpson's attorney also confirmed his death to TMZ.

O.J. had reportedly been battling prostate cancer in recent years, and his health took a turn for the worse of late -- with him landing in hospice care within the past few months.

Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/11/oj-simpson-dead-dies-cancer/

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O.J. SIMPSON DEAD AT 76 After Cancer Battle (Original Post) Jose Garcia Apr 11 OP
Burn in Hell Oopsie Daisy Apr 11 #1
Agreed! wolfie001 Apr 11 #62
I just read this news and it made my day a lot brighter! BigmanPigman Apr 11 #104
Always say something good about the dead. OJ Simpson is dead. Ray Bruns Apr 11 #2
Oh BeyondGeography Apr 11 #3
I forgot he was alive. Wingus Dingus Apr 11 #4
Oh. OK. DinahMoeHum Apr 11 #5
Good Jean Genie Apr 11 #6
Well, maybe there will be justice in the after life SouthernDem4ever Apr 11 #7
May be Traildogbob Apr 11 #12
John Gotti, Mobutu Sese Seko, Hugo Chavez, and Klaus Barbie Jose Garcia Apr 11 #18
All deserving. Traildogbob Apr 11 #20
Or the coup de grace SouthernDem4ever Apr 11 #28
I agree with your list except for Farmer-Rick Apr 11 #38
Thanks for saying that Easterncedar Apr 11 #48
You left out his support for terrorists Jose Garcia Apr 11 #66
You mean like the U.S. support for terrorists? Doc Sportello Apr 11 #78
He destroyed Venezuela. Lots of people backed hitler too oldsoftie Apr 11 #68
Venezuela was not rich NanaCat Apr 11 #97
The wretched poverty is far worse today than it was 30yrs ago oldsoftie Apr 11 #101
dead is dead. Voltaire2 Apr 11 #34
Go ahead, destroy my fantasy SouthernDem4ever Apr 11 #95
And OJ forever escapes Justice. amb123 Apr 11 #8
Possibly not. niyad Apr 11 #10
His last months were probably not pleasant. n/t DFW Apr 11 #36
That ship sailed ages ago. ShazzieB Apr 11 #76
good riddance to bad rubbish. niyad Apr 11 #9
Who's going to look for the killer now? tom_kelly Apr 11 #11
You're right! Now, we'll never know! Ishoutandscream2 Apr 11 #13
Well, as soon as they put him in the ground..... lastlib Apr 11 #14
if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 11 #74
👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Apr 11 #15
I don't think the cops figured out what really happened. I would have liked to have seen them quarantine all possible brewens Apr 11 #37
None of that would have mattered Freddie Apr 11 #59
He apparently admitted to the cops during the Bronco 'chase' NanaCat Apr 11 #98
he's wearing gloves UNDER those gloves. oldsoftie Apr 11 #70
And faking the difficulty putting them on. edhopper Apr 11 #77
If Anyone Suspected OJ Simpson Of "Acting"... smb Apr 11 #93
LOL edhopper Apr 11 #94
He was OK in Samurai Night Fever on SNL... BigmanPigman Apr 11 #105
Oh well... SledDriver Apr 11 #16
The real killer will be found when tax cuts trickle down from the wealthy IronLionZion Apr 11 #17
And right after Trump releases his healthcare plan. Sky Jewels Apr 11 #27
Now that he's dead, will someone spill the beans? Baitball Blogger Apr 11 #19
O.J.'s death will spark thousands of tabloid press stories about deathbed confessions. sop Apr 11 #33
A murderer who used his millions to get away with it. FoxNewsSucks Apr 11 #21
Somebody check his will. Dr. Strange Apr 11 #22
I miss Norm JoseBalow Apr 11 #79
Same. Dr. Strange Apr 11 #83
Those guys were the best of the best JoseBalow Apr 11 #86
That's one soul that's going to need a lot of repair CanonRay Apr 11 #23
Unlikely. He never admitted to it as far as I know. calimary Apr 12 #107
Bummer. rubbersole Apr 11 #24
If the coffin don't fit you still have to bury it. Layzeebeaver Apr 11 #25
I hope Nicole is the first face he's see laughing at him from heaven when he heads down to hell! kimbutgar Apr 11 #26
Rest in shit O.J. Bengus81 Apr 11 #29
I was working in Long Beach, CA at a large aerospace firm when the verdict was announced SpankMe Apr 11 #30
I was in the same situation. I felt kind of let down by some of my friends at the time. demosincebirth Apr 11 #42
At my work too. LeftInTX Apr 11 #82
... NewDayOranges Apr 11 #31
OJ at this very moment Roc2020 Apr 11 #32
Yes they do, even if it takes awhile. Butterflylady Apr 11 #67
That "hot headed killer" is dead? Omnipresent Apr 11 #35
All I have to say about him is buh-BYE. calimary Apr 11 #39
Does the glove fit ,better now? kozar Apr 11 #40
Nicole Brown Simpson was 35, Ron Goldman 25 when they were murdered. n/t Harker Apr 11 #41
Put the casket in a White Ford Bronco and drive down the highway at 40 mph with a police escort. Simeon Salus Apr 11 #43
I remember watching this on CNN ShazzieB Apr 11 #85
I was working at a restaurant that night Simeon Salus Apr 11 #91
Let me get my dancing shoes on. 58Sunliner Apr 11 #44
eclipse rapture???? dembotoz Apr 11 #45
Thanks OJ kozar Apr 11 #46
Did you see his face when the verdict came. BigmanPigman Apr 11 #106
I wonder if Ron Goldman's family will be able to collect any of their judgment from his estate? LoisB Apr 11 #47
LoisB ............ Upthevibe Apr 11 #81
I hope he is okay. H2O Man Apr 11 #49
Bye Bye Asshole BlueKota Apr 11 #50
Ron Goldman is buried right down the street from me in Westlake Village PlanetBev Apr 11 #51
I hope there is an afterlife with a judgement from god. Lunabell Apr 11 #52
I am so glad he is no longer breathing. pandr32 Apr 11 #53
2 more coming nt XanaDUer2 Apr 11 #55
Hopefully very soon! pandr32 Apr 11 #60
I pray for it XanaDUer2 Apr 11 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Apr 11 #54
So then, he passed away before finding the real killer. Martin Eden Apr 11 #56
Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson died in pools of their own blood. RandySF Apr 11 #57
There was so much blood XanaDUer2 Apr 11 #58
who will carry on the search for the real killers? prodigitalson Apr 11 #63
fuck that guy ZonkerHarris Apr 11 #64
I didn't like OJ but I don't like cancer. He really screwed up so many lives, and the dead. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #65
I"m somewhat disappointed AverageOldGuy Apr 11 #69
But now... COL Mustard Apr 11 #71
No doubt the same "dogged" private investigators.... benfranklin1776 Apr 11 #80
took long enough. nt barbtries Apr 11 #72
Saw him play at USC in 67.. Permanut Apr 11 #73
Saw him play at USC in '67.. Permanut Apr 11 #75
And this........ twodogsbarking Apr 11 #84
Drudge headline: "Cancer Murders O.J." edbermac Apr 11 #87
Shit! Sane1 Apr 11 #88
Condolences to his family. That is all. nt Dulcinea Apr 11 #89
Al Cowlings will drive the hearse. twodogsbarking Apr 11 #90
Saw this headline today: "Ford Bronco Sport, OJ Simpson Recalled On Same Day" sop Apr 11 #92
He deserved a more painful death. NanaCat Apr 11 #96
You can get away with murder. You can't get away from biology. OnlinePoker Apr 11 #99
There are 2 OJ Simpsons in my mind melm00se Apr 11 #100
I feel bad for his kids & grandkids irisblue Apr 11 #102
Doc says Kennah Apr 11 #103
TMZ is not a news source. ificandream Apr 12 #108
Apparently it was yesterday as they were the first to report this news Jose Garcia Apr 12 #109

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
104. I just read this news and it made my day a lot brighter!
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:13 PM
Apr 11

Dealing with tech issues and the IRS has been 48 hours of hell but this is great news and I really needed it. They should bury him in a too small, leather body bag with a white Bronco leading the funeral procession. People will line up to piss on his grave. Too bad this didn't happen 30 years ago.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
7. Well, maybe there will be justice in the after life
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:02 AM
Apr 11

If you believe in that sort of thing. We certainly didn't see it here.

Traildogbob

(8,761 posts)
12. May be
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:06 AM
Apr 11

The only outcome that will rid us of Trump.
I have always asked why does it seem only good people die from cancer? OK, can’t get much more Bad Person than OJ.

Traildogbob

(8,761 posts)
20. All deserving.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:24 AM
Apr 11

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe a big CEO polluter would be a nice touch. Something like a West Virgin coal Barron.

Farmer-Rick

(10,192 posts)
38. I agree with your list except for
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:05 PM
Apr 11

Hugo Chavez. He was a polarizing figure but not on par with a German Nazi mass murderer.

It's important to note that opinions on Chavez vary widely, and there are also many Venezuelans who supported him and his policies.

It's because he disposed the filthy-rich from their stolen loot and that he was a socialist that he gets a bad rep. The filthy-rich has used their stolen loot to spread so much propaganda, about him that even some smart people fall for it.

Doc Sportello

(7,522 posts)
78. You mean like the U.S. support for terrorists?
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:48 PM
Apr 11

Like Luis Carriles, who was protected by the U.S. as an exile after his role in blowing up a Cuban airliner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles

Of course the list is much, much longer when you start listing all the CIA support and actual participation in coups, torture and more, going back decades.

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
68. He destroyed Venezuela. Lots of people backed hitler too
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:07 PM
Apr 11

Its hardly "propaganda" that what was once one of the richest countries in S.A. is now THE poorest. And yes, its because of his policies of seizing foreign owned assets & not paying foreign owed bills that put the there. Where are the russian & cuban saviors? The Iranians? THATS who he cozied up to. Their policies are what he emulated.
Why do you thunk so many Venezuelans are trying to cross the border?

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
101. The wretched poverty is far worse today than it was 30yrs ago
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 06:44 PM
Apr 11

People weren't literally starving before Chavez & Maduro. They are now. And everything is falling apart
But the rulers are certainly wealthy
Chavez policies never work for long. They never have & they never will.

ShazzieB

(16,426 posts)
76. That ship sailed ages ago.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:30 PM
Apr 11

He was never going to face justice for the killings in his lifetime. The acquittal closed that door, locked, bolted, and sealed it, because of double jeopardy. His being dead doesn't change a thing on that score.

If there is justice beyond this earthly plane, that is a separate matter.

brewens

(13,598 posts)
37. I don't think the cops figured out what really happened. I would have liked to have seen them quarantine all possible
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:56 AM
Apr 11

dumpsters in a good radius he could have been in right after the killings. It would have cost millions to do that and have dogs search the piles but they may have come up with all the evidence they needed. I'd say there is a good chance he got away from the crime scene and dumped everything at some place he was familiar with. He wouldn't want to get out and possibly be recognized just anywhere so residential garbage cans probably wouldn't work.

Freddie

(9,268 posts)
59. None of that would have mattered
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:53 PM
Apr 11

The jury was intent on sending a message, not determining if he actually committed the crime.

NanaCat

(1,178 posts)
98. He apparently admitted to the cops during the Bronco 'chase'
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 04:20 PM
Apr 11

That he did it, but they couldn't use that as evidence.

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
70. he's wearing gloves UNDER those gloves.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:09 PM
Apr 11

And its obvious he's spread his fingers out to make sure they dont go in
What a joke the prosecution was in that trial

smb

(3,473 posts)
93. If Anyone Suspected OJ Simpson Of "Acting"...
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 03:35 PM
Apr 11

...his lawyers could have delivered a convincing rebuttal by introducing Capricorn One into evidence to prove that their client was incapable of acting.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,434 posts)
21. A murderer who used his millions to get away with it.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:25 AM
Apr 11

Good riddance. I wish a few more would join him soon.

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
30. I was working in Long Beach, CA at a large aerospace firm when the verdict was announced
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:44 AM
Apr 11

It was an ethnically diverse environment and everyone got along for the most part. (I'm talking some 50,000 workers over a 250-acre plant site.)

After the not guilty verdict came down, the racial divisions became stark and lasted years afterward. All whites were universally enraged, and all blacks were defiant. Some whites started occasionally using the N-word openly. The division was like the parting of the Red Sea.

OJ caused so much shit. I, for one, won't miss him.

calimary

(81,325 posts)
39. All I have to say about him is buh-BYE.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:16 PM
Apr 11

Gone. Wish he could be forgotten. (That would have bothered him the most.)

Simeon Salus

(1,144 posts)
43. Put the casket in a White Ford Bronco and drive down the highway at 40 mph with a police escort.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:19 PM
Apr 11
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BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
106. Did you see his face when the verdict came.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 11:25 PM
Apr 11

He was in shock since he knew OJ did it and covered for him, even removing items from OJ's house. Even Kim acknowledged this. They were friends with Nicole and OJ. Cancer got him before it got OJ.

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
51. Ron Goldman is buried right down the street from me in Westlake Village
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:38 PM
Apr 11

Maybe I’ll take a walk down there and pay my respects. The Goldman family suffered so much.

Lunabell

(6,089 posts)
52. I hope there is an afterlife with a judgement from god.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:40 PM
Apr 11

And he meets up with Nicole and Ron at his judgement. But, as an atheist I don't believe this to be true.

pandr32

(11,594 posts)
53. I am so glad he is no longer breathing.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:43 PM
Apr 11

Not who I was hoping would be first, but hey--one self-serving psychopath gone, which shitbag will be next?

Response to Jose Garcia (Original post)

AverageOldGuy

(1,530 posts)
69. I"m somewhat disappointed
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:09 PM
Apr 11

Friend of mine told me someone famous died. I was hoping for Trump, got OJ instead . . . oh, well . . .

benfranklin1776

(6,448 posts)
80. No doubt the same "dogged" private investigators....
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 01:57 PM
Apr 11

…who Agent Orange claimed he sent to Hawaii looking for Obama birth certificate and were “finding all sorts of interesting things”

Two of the phoniest scam “investigations” trumpeted by criminals evading justice ever.
At least Agent Orange stands a reasonable probability of having justice administered to him in short order while he’s still plaguing this planet.

One of the most bothersome things about that whole spectacle of OJ’s trial was the prosecutor’s crack that “at long last we have a defendant who has the resources to give us a fair fight.” Uh no that’s not how the system is supposed to work where the poor get steamrolled while the rich evade justice. Yet, we see that has unfortunately not changed given the degree to which Agent Orange has leveraged his Russian money to game the system in every conceivable way to delay facing justice using maneuvers and endless frivolous appeals while people of modest means, meaning all of us, would struggle to afford the costs of representation. If there’s any lasting legacy from both of these spectacles it should be meaningful reforms to correct that grotesque imbalance. This can start with the courts enforcing the rules that apply to the rest of us to high profile defendants like Agent Orange as the New York courts at long last seem to be doing.

sop

(10,205 posts)
92. Saw this headline today: "Ford Bronco Sport, OJ Simpson Recalled On Same Day"
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 03:29 PM
Apr 11

"Ford recalled 22,270 of the compact crossovers for possible cracked fuel injectors."

"Simpson was known for his skill as a running back for the Buffalo Bills, and also for not fitting into a glove back in 1995. Perhaps his biggest contribution to car culture, however, came from his slow-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco the year prior — a chase that contributed to the death of Bronco line, and established a close link between the two household names. The Bronco and the Juice go hand in hand."

"It’s fitting, then that the day of OJ’s death should also be a dark day for the Bronco line. No matter how much Ford has tried to separate the two, you can’t really divorce the SUV from the Isotoner not-owner. If you don’t believe me, go out and buy yourself a white Bronco. See how long it takes the comments to start rolling in."

https://jalopnik.com/ford-bronco-sport-oj-simpson-recalled-on-same-day-1851403905

OnlinePoker

(5,723 posts)
99. You can get away with murder. You can't get away from biology.
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 06:43 PM
Apr 11

Seeing him in films I like pisses me off now (the Naked Gun franchise and Capricorn One being the films).

melm00se

(4,993 posts)
100. There are 2 OJ Simpsons in my mind
Thu Apr 11, 2024, 06:44 PM
Apr 11

One was the Buffalo Bills RB who came to our house for dinner when I was a kid (my father worked for the Bills and invited OJ over). He was nice, polite and complimentary of out home and my mother's cooking.

The other is the man who killed Nicole and her friend Ron. This man I did not recognize as the same person...he was guilty as sin but the prosecution booted the case in a big way.

As a football fan, it is the former I prefer to remember and as a human being I condemn the latter to hottest pits of hell.

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