dana: 1 of the most controversial americans of ouro. time, o.j. simpson dead at 76 after a battle with prostate cancer. he sosta regarded as 1 of theea greatest running backs of alld time and used his ports famed ts turn himself into a household name. started commercials and many movies. but everything changed the night of june 12, 1994 when simpson s ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman were found brutally stabbed to death in a courtyard outside her home in la. oj charged with their deaths, tried and eventually acquitted in the trial of the century. [ siren wails ] it is a pursuit and unfortunately it has a lot of mitigating circumstances because of the high profillot e of thefh proposed suspect that s inside the vehicle which appears to bep at this time o.j. simpson. the most dramatic and heart. stopping moment of the trial. in front of the jury o.j. jur simpson trying on the gloves prosecutors say he was wearing tonight he murderes sad his ex-.