Sensation , has died. He was 76 and had cancer. The African American running back was also a successful hollywood actor. But his fame turned to infamy in 1994 when he was accused of murdering nicole brown, and a friend of hers in los angeles. Journalist David Margolick covered the oj Simpson Trial for the New York Times he told me what that covering the trial had been like. Well, yeah, it was really at the centre of the world for several months. I mean, covering it was unlike any experience that i ever had before. Everybody was watching it. Everybody was talking about it. There was enormous pressure on covering it well and sensitively, and it was an enormous professional challenge to get through it. A professional challenge because in part it was so divisive, wasnt it, in the way that americans saw the case, the trial and indeed the verdict . Well, thats true. And i think that on the one hand, you could get buried in the testimony and the day to day challenges of covering a trial on th
Leaving many people without power. Hello, welcome to The World Today, an hour of international news. He was one of the most divisive figures in modern america. Oj simpson has died at the age of 76. He was a Football Star and turned into a movie star, and then a murder suspect. It became known as the trial of the century. Our los angeles correspondent emma vardy has been looking back at his life. Watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles. On a car chase through los angeles after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife and herfriend. From an impoverished childhood, he had gone on to become one of the greatest american Football Players in history, and a hollywood actor. But he will be forever remembered for his nine month televised trial for the Double Murder that transfixed america. Accused of killing his former wife in a jealous rage, at one point, oj simpson was shown struggling to try on a pair of gloves found at the crime sc