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/
Oopsie Daisy
(2,640 posts)wolfie001
(2,252 posts)And I'm atheist.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)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.
Ray Bruns
(4,098 posts)Good
BeyondGeography
(39,375 posts)Now we can relive the killings yet again. Thanks OJ.
Wingus Dingus
(8,055 posts)And now he's not. Oh well.
DinahMoeHum
(21,795 posts)n/t
Jean Genie
(275 posts)Good good good good good!
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)If you believe in that sort of thing. We certainly didn't see it here.
Traildogbob
(8,761 posts)The only outcome that will rid us of Trump.
I have always asked why does it seem only good people die from cancer? OK, cant get much more Bad Person than OJ.
Jose Garcia
(2,598 posts)all died of cancer.
Traildogbob
(8,761 posts)Thanks for the heads up. Maybe a big CEO polluter would be a nice touch. Something like a West Virgin coal Barron.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)the orange shitstain.
Farmer-Rick
(10,192 posts)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.
Easterncedar
(2,298 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,598 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,522 posts)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)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?
NanaCat
(1,178 posts)Some of its people were, while millions lived in utterly wretched poverty.
oldsoftie
(12,558 posts)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.
Voltaire2
(13,078 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)A pox on you from the flying spaghetti monster.
amb123
(1,581 posts)niyad
(113,393 posts)DFW
(54,412 posts)ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)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.
niyad
(113,393 posts)tom_kelly
(961 posts)He said that he was continuing to look for the killer
Ishoutandscream2
(6,662 posts)His search of golf courses for the killer will be missed.
lastlib
(23,251 posts)...we'll know exactly where to look.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,975 posts)Goonch
(3,608 posts)brewens
(13,598 posts)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)The jury was intent on sending a message, not determining if he actually committed the crime.
NanaCat
(1,178 posts)That he did it, but they couldn't use that as evidence.
oldsoftie
(12,558 posts)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
edhopper
(33,591 posts)smb
(3,473 posts)...his lawyers could have delivered a convincing rebuttal by introducing Capricorn One into evidence to prove that their client was incapable of acting.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)He is John Belushi's brother.
SledDriver
(2,059 posts)IronLionZion
(45,463 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,744 posts)sop
(10,205 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)Good riddance. I wish a few more would join him soon.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)I want to see who gets his lucky stabbin' hat!
JoseBalow
(2,393 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)Norm, Gilbert Gottfried, Super Dave, Bob Saget, Mitch Hedberg.
JoseBalow
(2,393 posts)and Rodney, of course
CanonRay
(14,105 posts)not sure it's even salvageable.
calimary
(81,325 posts)rubbersole
(6,704 posts)Layzeebeaver
(1,625 posts)kimbutgar
(21,164 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Did you finally confess to those murders in your last couple of minutes last night??
SpankMe
(2,957 posts)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.
demosincebirth
(12,541 posts)LeftInTX
(25,396 posts)Not as dramatic as your work. No one used the N word, but yeah...
NewDayOranges
(692 posts)Roc2020
(1,616 posts)is finding out that actions have forever consequences.
Butterflylady
(3,545 posts)Omnipresent
(5,716 posts)I guess the devil finally called him home.
calimary
(81,325 posts)Gone. Wish he could be forgotten. (That would have bothered him the most.)
kozar
(2,118 posts)Harker
(14,026 posts)Simeon Salus
(1,144 posts)ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)And wondering wtf was going on. It was so weird and surreal.
Simeon Salus
(1,144 posts)and the coverage pre-empted a basketball game.
58Sunliner
(4,388 posts)dembotoz
(16,808 posts)kozar
(2,118 posts)For, introducing us, to the Kardashians.. yep, it's America
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)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.
LoisB
(7,208 posts)Upthevibe
(8,053 posts)I was wondering about that too..
H2O Man
(73,561 posts)BlueKota
(1,756 posts)PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Maybe Ill take a walk down there and pay my respects. The Goldman family suffered so much.
Lunabell
(6,089 posts)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)Not who I was hoping would be first, but hey--one self-serving psychopath gone, which shitbag will be next?
XanaDUer2
(10,689 posts)pandr32
(11,594 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,689 posts)When someone caught COVID i was hoping.... so bad
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Martin Eden
(12,872 posts)Probably never looked in the mirror.
RandySF
(58,936 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,689 posts)It was like a river. I've seen the pictures. Her head was almost taken off
prodigitalson
(2,426 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,229 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,763 posts)AverageOldGuy
(1,530 posts)Friend of mine told me someone famous died. I was hoping for Trump, got OJ instead . . . oh, well . . .
COL Mustard
(5,906 posts)Wholl find the real killers???
benfranklin1776
(6,448 posts)
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 hes still plaguing this planet.
One of the most bothersome things about that whole spectacle of OJs trial was the prosecutors crack that at long last we have a defendant who has the resources to give us a fair fight. Uh no thats 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 theres 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.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)Permanut
(5,615 posts)He had it all, even then, and destroyed it all.
Permanut
(5,615 posts)He had it all, even then, and destroyed it all.
twodogsbarking
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|edbermac
(15,941 posts)I guess the orange skidmark cant choose him as his VP candidate now.
Dulcinea
(6,647 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,763 posts)sop
(10,205 posts)"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."
"Its fitting, then that the day of OJs death should also be a dark day for the Bronco line. No matter how much Ford has tried to separate the two, you cant really divorce the SUV from the Isotoner not-owner. If you dont 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
NanaCat
(1,178 posts)nt
OnlinePoker
(5,723 posts)Seeing him in films I like pisses me off now (the Naked Gun franchise and Capricorn One being the films).
melm00se
(4,993 posts)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.